Species Kobus vardonii (Livingstone, 1857) (Puku)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Artiodactyla
  • ---- family: Bovidae
  • ----- species: Kobus vardonii
Characteristics:herbivore; height: 80cm; the coat is golden brown, becoming lighter on the belly and darker on the face; white areas around the eyes and the mouth; the Puku can be distinguished from the Lechwe by the smaller size, the straight back and the absence of the black stripes on the front legs,
Countries:

BW
Botswana
MZ
Mozambique
NA
Namibia
ZA
South Africa
ZW
Zimbabwe
Ecoregions:
AT0907
Zambezian flooded grasslands
Links:
References:Cillié 1997: 42
Source: wikimedia
Date: 2012-08-05
Place: Luangwa National Park
Creator: Hans Hillewaert
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/23049910
Date: 2013-01-03
Place: Chobe National Park, Botswana
Creator: Simon J. Tonge
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution License
Comments: Male

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