Serengeti's 28 Herbivor Coexisting Census

How can all these species coexist with the wildebeest, which outnumbers them all put together and is so dominant that this one ruminant grazer defi nes the whole ecosystem?

“unparalleled diversity is the name of the Serengeti game” 

The Serengeti ecosystem supports twenty-eight ungulates together with ten large carnivores that eat them. This is an extraordinarily rich and diverse ungulate community.

Wildebeest are the cornerstone of the Serengeti ecosystem and influence virtually every single dynamic we observe.  There are 28 large herbivore species in Serengeti and yet the wildebeest population outnumbers all other herbivores combined.  It is 6 times larger than the next most abundant herbivore (zebra) and 100 times more abundant than their closest taxonomic relative (hartebeest).