Biological classification: |
- kingdom: Animalia
- - phylum: Chordata
- -- class: Mammalia
- --- order: Artiodactyla
- ---- family: Bovidae
- ----- species: Kobus vardonii
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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
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Ecoregions: | - AT0907
- Zambezian flooded grasslands
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References: | Cillié 1997: 42 |