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Kobus vardonii  (Puku)

poekoe [Afrikaans]; Puku [German]; puku [French] [Swahili]; phuku [Setswana]; mitunya [Lozi] [Yei]

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Synapsida (mammal-like reptiles) > Therapsida > Theriodontia >  Cynodontia > Mammalia (mammals) > Placentalia (placental mammals) > Laurasiatheria > Ferungulata > Cetartiodactyla (even-toed ungulates and cetaceans) > Ruminantia (ruminants) > Family: Bovidae (antelopes and buffalo) > Subfamily: Antilopinae

Kobus vardonii  (Puku)

Puku, Chobe National Park, Botswana. [photo Coke Smith ©]

Kobus vardonii  (Puku)

Puku, Caprivi Strip. Namibia. [photo Stephen Davis ©]