A collation of sundry (some mislabelled) photos of the puku (Kobus vardoni) on the Web, part 1

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The puku (Kobus vardoni) is well-covered in iNaturalist, with >400 observations as in March 2024 (https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42326-Kobus-vardonii).

However, there are now also many photographs of this nondescript and hitherto obscure bovid scattered across the Web, some of them mislabelled.

The aim of this Post is to collate sundry photos - excluding those in iNaturalist - with a preliminary sorting according to the biological features that they best illustrate.

https://www.edwardselfephotosafaris.com/know-your-african-wildlife-puku

https://www.krugerpark.co.za/africa_puku.html

https://www.edwardselfephotosafaris.com/know-your-african-wildlife-puku

FULL-FIGURE PORTRAITS

Adult males

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/male-puku-kobus-vardoni-south-luangwa-2435500489

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/single-puku-antelope-kobus-vardonii-standing-1826802317

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/puku-antelope-302542853

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/african-reedbuck-antelope-6645886

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/amazing-close-huge-male-puku-standing-2202295779

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/puku-photographed-bush-zambia-23460037

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/puku-kobus-vardonii-mediumsized-antelope-found-1604941144

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/male-puku-walking-south-luangwa-2420659305

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/male-puku-154457786

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/male-puku-kobus-vardonii-554413357

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/puku-standing-green-wetland-kobus-vardoni-43774738

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/puku-kobus-vardonii-senganus-male-standing-1707732895

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/lechwe-waterbuck-kobus-leche-pukumoorantilope-south-170422943

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/male-puku-antelope-787790782

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/african-puku-antelope-6643894

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/african-puku-antelope-6643882

Juvenile/adolescent males

https://www.alamy.com/zambia-south-luangwa-national-park-puku-kobus-vardonii-young-male-with-females-in-grassy-habitat-image591892638.html?imageid=BE66B3F0-4952-41A1-838B-CDE432215A67&p=88978&pn=1&searchId=660be775941111ad3ff09a1a1eb9c3a4&searchtype=0 and https://www.alamy.com/zambia-south-luangwa-national-park-puku-kobus-vardonii-young-male-with-females-in-grassy-habitat-image591892647.html?imageid=16501400-EBBF-434C-BC4D-2715D05DB5C7&p=88978&pn=1&searchId=660be775941111ad3ff09a1a1eb9c3a4&searchtype=0

https://www.alamy.com/female-of-puku-kobus-vardonii-african-antelope-kafue-national-park-zambia-image258999519.html?imageid=E7946ADD-A76C-40EA-94F1-0F31BFB5FD02&p=18997&pn=1&searchId=660be775941111ad3ff09a1a1eb9c3a4&searchtype=0

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/portrait-young-male-puku-antelope-kobus-4157632

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/male-puku-antelope-kobus-vardonii-chobe-152307572

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/group-puku-antelopes-near-river-alert-1716334624

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/brown-lechwe-antelope-lush-grass-444226474

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/pair-brown-lechwe-antelope-eating-lush-444226510

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/puku-close-429151489

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/male-puku-antelope-kobus-vardonii-chobe-25276339

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/male-puku-antelope-kobus-vardonii-chobe-65543002

https://www.alamy.com/female-of-puku-kobus-vardonii-african-antelope-busanga-plains-kafue-national-park-zambia-image259312221.html?imageid=987EF3D5-50D1-4986-9D81-102348851C8C&p=18997&pn=1&searchId=660be775941111ad3ff09a1a1eb9c3a4&searchtype=0

Adult females

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-puku-kobus-vardoni-south-luangwa-national-park-zambia-11846545.html?imageid=1779BADD-C144-4106-A896-F78A25E4892F&p=74587&pn=1&searchId=660be775941111ad3ff09a1a1eb9c3a4&searchtype=0 and https://www.alamy.com/puku-moorantilope-image333998332.html?imageid=E1053F55-4D4D-4BD0-8AB5-28C431A29488&p=1151839&pn=1&searchId=660be775941111ad3ff09a1a1eb9c3a4&searchtype=0

https://www.alamy.com/puku-kobus-vardonii-chobe-national-park-botsuana-image360761700.html?imageid=ED3DA843-5B27-48FE-8844-ED8C87725915&p=369970&pn=1&searchId=660be775941111ad3ff09a1a1eb9c3a4&searchtype=0

https://www.alamy.com/female-puku-kobus-vardonii-standing-on-open-savanna-zambia-image179666235.html?imageid=4F7EC6B1-A2A5-4C89-A83E-4FA196FE51B8&p=524999&pn=1&searchId=660be775941111ad3ff09a1a1eb9c3a4&searchtype=0

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/chobe-national-park-puku-antilopes-africa-2384186743 and https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/chobe-national-park-puku-antilopes-africa-2384187155

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/red-lechwe-kobus-leche-195874493 and https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/puku-antilope-195868865

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/puku-antelope-zambia-1155450292

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/reedbuck-zambia-south-luangwa-national-park-2340532477

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/female-puku-kobus-vardoni-grazing-on-2435500321

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/two-puku-193651553

Juvenile/adolescent females

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/female-puku.html?sortBy=relevant

https://awesomewonder.blog/2017/09/07/puku/

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/female-puku-south-luangwa-zambia-2420654841

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/female-puku-kobus-vardoni-grazing-on-2435500319

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/puku-impala-zambia-2388457587

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/puku-antelope-female-alerted-predator-2341236505

Infants

https://www.shutterstock.com/video/clip-9371921-young-puku-eats-grass-looks-into-camera

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/puku-fawn-foraging-food-natural-african-2323296309

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/puku-born-south-luangwa-zambia-late-1007343847

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/puku-fawn-south-luangwa-valley-zambia-1132522259

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/photo-head-young-puku-taken-south-1778937386

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/baby-puku-south-luangwa-national-park-1452212741

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/puku-newborn-baby-sun-1604728153

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/male-puku-kobus-vardoni-young-south-2433232501

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/baby-antelope-mother-background-427182208

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/puku-baby-146984708

https://www.alamy.com/fermale-and-baby-of-puku-kobus-vardonii-african-antelope-busanga-plains-kafue-national-park-zambia-image264337166.html?imageid=12526BFA-F786-4DEB-9F1D-D28ED7F5EADE&p=19327&pn=1&searchId=660be775941111ad3ff09a1a1eb9c3a4&searchtype=0

https://www.alamy.com/photo-of-the-head-of-a-young-puku-photo-taken-in-south-luangwa-zambia-image366165921.html?imageid=C7C120D8-7CCF-49F5-9589-A25D1A76B63B&p=1316405&pn=1&searchId=660be775941111ad3ff09a1a1eb9c3a4&searchtype=0

POSTURES AND GAITS

Sternal recumbency

Sternal recumbency is more frequently photographed in K. vardoni than in Aepyceros melampus. In its proclivity to lie down by day to chew the cud, K. vardoni resembles Redunca, which belongs to the same tribe (Reduncini). However, it seems not to seek cover (either tall grass or shade) while doing so.

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/puku-kobus-vardonii-herd-by-waters-475608517

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/male-puku-kobus-vardoni-south-luangwa-2433232593

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/isolated-puku-antelope-resting-on-dry-1637230621

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/brown-lechwe-antelope-lush-grass-444217966

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/male-puku-antelope-sitting-on-grassy-222965476

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/herd-puku-grass-1612434499

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/puku-kafue-national-park-zambia-1930323299

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/male-puku-south-luangwa-national-park-2250229335

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/male-puku-lying-on-grass-108359756

https://www.dreamstime.com/portrait-male-impala-portrait-male-impala-resting-resting-serene-beautiful-image301764274

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-a-solitary-puku-antelope-kobus-vardonii-sitting-and-relaxing-on-a-92964405.html?imageid=050B46FC-BE10-475A-AC9A-5DAF699802C6&p=277722&pn=1&searchId=660be775941111ad3ff09a1a1eb9c3a4&searchtype=0

Kneeling