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Hoofed mammals
Puku
Puku · Kobus vardonii
Medium-sized antelope of the African floodplains with golden yellow-brown fur without distinctive markings.
Fact file
- Size
- Puku reach a total length of 1.5–1.7 m, a shoulder height of 78–90 cm and weigh 70–90 kg for males and 48–75 kg for females.
- Males and females
- Males are heavier than females and carry strong, lyre-shaped horns; lambs resemble the females in colouring.
- Diet
- Puku feed mainly on grasses.
- Offspring
- After a gestation period of about 240 days a single lamb weighing around 5 kg is usually born. At first it lives hidden and later joins juvenile groups and the herd; births can occur throughout the year, with a peak in the rainy months.
How to identify Puku
Puku are medium-sized antelopes with uniformly golden yellow-brown fur and slightly paler flanks. The belly, throat and areas around the eyes and mouth are whitish to white, the legs are evenly brown and the tail is golden yellow.
The males carry strong, lyre-shaped, deeply ridged horns that look relatively short and stocky. Lambs look very similar to the females.
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