| 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 |