A collation of sundry (some mislabelled) photos of the puku (Kobus vardoni) on the Web, part 2

...continued from https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/milewski/90985-a-collation-of-sundry-some-mislabelled-photos-of-the-puku-kobus-vardoni-on-the-Web, part 1#

AS PREY

Broken hindleg

https://www.alamy.com/puku-kobus-vardonii-adult-female-standing-south-luangwa-n-p-zambia-image552559167.html?imageid=F3892B00-9C53-45EC-B2B7-8BD4206D559B&p=2101404&pn=1&searchId=660be775941111ad3ff09a1a1eb9c3a4&searchtype=0

for Panthera pardus

https://www.shutterstock.com/video/clip-1037331323-spectacular-view-leopard-walking-over-sand-near

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/leopard-killed-puku-57138328

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/hunting-gone-well-leopard-licking-puku-1511770814

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-female-leopard-feeding-on-puku-kill-south-luangwa-national-park-zambia-13100871.html?imageid=9F1B322D-6AC1-4B65-BC41-7E931EC245BD&p=6945&pn=1&searchId=660be775941111ad3ff09a1a1eb9c3a4&searchtype=0

for Lycaon pictus

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/african-wild-dogs-attacking-puku-dust-779117632

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/lone-african-wild-dog-covered-blood-779114881

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/african-wild-dog-covered-blood-standing-768787084

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/african-wild-dog-feeding-on-puku-779117623

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/wild-dog-painted-killing-puku-south-764873581

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/black-white-image-pair-african-wild-792855700

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/vicious-attack-african-wild-dogs-lycaon-768271723

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/black-white-image-african-wild-dogs-792856174

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/african-wild-dogs-lycaon-pictus-attacking-768284161

FORAGING

Grazing

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/zambia-south-luangwa-male-puku-2213713255

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-female-pukus-kobus-vardonii-south-luangwa-national-park-zambia-africa-39497869.html?imageid=05E8E3C4-2376-4A1E-AB03-7DBAA0D28DFC&p=57165&pn=2&searchId=4aa2a2926913d9b8b13ab0d4859d139f&searchtype=0

https://www.alamy.com/puku-kobus-vardonii-in-south-luangwa-national-park-zambia-puku-south-luangwa-national-park-zambia-image554646016.html?imageid=0BE94DDB-D4E2-4EFF-9C1E-31CE0D2D573A&p=2184918&pn=1&searchId=660be775941111ad3ff09a1a1eb9c3a4&searchtype=0

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/solitary-female-puku-antelope-kobus-vardonii-1085192048

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/african-reedbuck-antelope-6644914

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/lechwe-waterbuck-kobus-leche-pukumoorantilope-south-170423069

https://www.alamy.com/a-small-herd-of-male-and-female-puku-kobus-vardonii-grazing-on-the-grassland-in-south-luangwa-national-park-in-zambia-southern-africa-image597926600.html?imageid=D716B6BD-8EC9-428A-9094-7BBA9E48DE8C&p=11309&pn=1&searchId=660be775941111ad3ff09a1a1eb9c3a4&searchtype=0

https://www.alamy.com/pukus-kobus-vardonii-in-south-luangwa-national-park-zambia-pukus-south-luangwa-national-park-zambia-image554738456.html?imageid=30C56293-4F47-41BB-A0A4-A44D9A6A219F&p=2184918&pn=1&searchId=660be775941111ad3ff09a1a1eb9c3a4&searchtype=0

Drinking

https://www.alamy.com/stock-image-a-female-puku-kobus-vardonii-drinking-from-the-chobe-river-in-the-166879128.html?imageid=1A89F64B-D30C-40C1-9650-08695DB1B393&p=16440&pn=1&searchId=660be775941111ad3ff09a1a1eb9c3a4&searchtype=0

https://www.alamy.com/stock-image-a-female-puku-kobus-vardonii-drinking-from-the-chobe-river-in-the-166879138.html?imageid=0633371A-F79A-4B4A-9539-26BA6F9E4E64&p=16440&pn=1&searchId=660be775941111ad3ff09a1a1eb9c3a4&searchtype=0

Rumination

https://www.shutterstock.com/video/clip-1096490627-amazing-close-up-beautiful-wild-impala-real-african

HABITAT

Floodplain (treeless grassland)

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/group-puku-antelopes-near-river-alert-1717302883https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/puku-kobus-vardonii-busanga-plains-kafue-2428282255

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-puku-kobus-vardonii-herd-by-waters-edge-119778461.html?imageid=8415F851-3186-4893-96EA-3033CBA3107F&p=191737&pn=1&searchId=660be775941111ad3ff09a1a1eb9c3a4&searchtype=0

https://www.alamy.com/busanga-plains-is-an-exclusive-safari-destination-in-kafue-national-park-north-western-province-zambia-home-to-thriving-herds-of-puku-and-lechwe-image354442601.html?imageid=96D49507-D43D-48EB-9B12-6686BE0823AB&p=69111&pn=1&searchId=660be775941111ad3ff09a1a1eb9c3a4&searchtype=0

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-female-pukus-kobus-vardonii-luambe-national-park-zambia-africa-39498087.html?imageid=21586BA6-A63A-44A2-8C07-EBA06069BB7F&p=57165&pn=1&searchId=660be775941111ad3ff09a1a1eb9c3a4&searchtype=0

Marsh (remaining green in dry season)

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/group-pukus-black-crowned-cranes-natural-2152591525

https://www.facebook.com/WildlifeCamp/photos/puku-running-through-some-deep-water-puku-are-found-in-south-luangwa-national-pa/10156901175283156/

https://www.alamy.com/puku-kobus-vardonii-are-a-species-of-antelope-threatened-due-to-decreasing-habitat-they-thrive-in-wet-grasslands-in-kafue-national-park-zambia-image233112411.html?imageid=6CC112FA-3F16-4FA4-B55E-427364284B93&p=69111&pn=1&searchId=660be775941111ad3ff09a1a1eb9c3a4&searchtype=0

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

Woodland

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/puku-kafue-national-park-zambia-1930323302

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/puku-walks-through-bushes-dappled-sunlight-2292013819

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/male-puku-antelope-kafue-national-park-759866062

https://www.alamy.com/female-of-puku-kobus-vardonii-african-antelope-kafue-national-park-zambia-image258999433.html?imageid=C5EEDC9B-ABBF-4AB5-83E9-96D7918FF9A4&p=18997&pn=1&searchId=660be775941111ad3ff09a1a1eb9c3a4&searchtype=0

COEXISTENCE WITH AEPYCEROS MELAMPUS

Kobus vardoni coexists with A. melampus in e.g. Chobe National Park in northern Botswana, and two national parks in Zambia (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/301280312_Population_characteristics_and_coexistence_of_puku_Kobus_vardonii_and_impala_Aepyceros_melampus_in_and_around_Kafue_National_Park_Zambia and https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/29571223).

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-female-pukus-kobus-vardonii-south-luangwa-national-park-zambia-africa-39497190.html?imageid=4DFE684A-0307-4D4A-A7BA-06764B44C30A&p=57165&pn=2&searchId=4aa2a2926913d9b8b13ab0d4859d139f&searchtype=0

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-female-pukus-kobus-vardonii-south-luangwa-national-park-zambia-africa-39497239.html?imageid=E153828F-57A7-412A-80D0-D3B00AEDD761&p=57165&pn=1&searchId=660be775941111ad3ff09a1a1eb9c3a4&searchtype=0

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-female-pukus-kobus-vardonii-south-luangwa-national-park-zambia-africa-39497680.html?imageid=C4CA60E6-D765-43A5-8C71-43F992066A24&p=57165&pn=1&searchId=660be775941111ad3ff09a1a1eb9c3a4&searchtype=0

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-female-puku-with-suckling-young-kobus-vardonii-south-luangwa-national-39497801.html?imageid=72FA1BF5-A170-4E31-A12C-6DE9326191AC&p=57165&pn=1&searchId=660be775941111ad3ff09a1a1eb9c3a4&searchtype=0

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-female-puku-with-suckling-young-kobus-vardonii-south-luangwa-national-39497761.html?imageid=60478F61-AF5B-4FBD-A6F4-C917F39FE2B1&p=57165&pn=1&searchId=660be775941111ad3ff09a1a1eb9c3a4&searchtype=0

https://www.alamy.com/adult-puku-kobus-vardonii-near-impala-in-south-luangwa-national-park-zambia-image366951600.html?imageid=226766B9-6B3A-4F3A-A07F-1F8E312EFE70&p=690600&pn=1&searchId=6dd44f732fcf67c9b270e5f81f83300c&searchtype=0

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/grey-crowned-cranes-love-puku-impala-650871304

https://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photo-impala-puku-aepyceros-melampus-kobus-vardonii-zambia-image50356749

https://www.mediastorehouse.com.au/fine-art-storehouse/nature-wildlife/ben-cranke/impala-puku-south-luangwa-np-zambia-15149633.html

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/profile-view-puku-antelope-kobus-vardonii-1160943076

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/impala-grazing-213981400

https://www.alamy.com/a-group-of-female-impalas-aepyceros-melampus-and-puku-kobus-vardonii-grazing-in-south-luangwa-national-park-in-zambia-southern-africa-image598976322.html?imageid=C13C361F-CE63-45FA-863D-1A508DA3E5D0&p=11309&pn=4&searchId=cb604518d187eec4e0961b4c7ba2dc63&searchtype=0

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/puku-antelope-south-luangwa-valley-zambia-1969915657

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/elephant-walking-front-group-pukus-south-1555562840

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/male-puku-antelope-kobus-vardonii-standing-789492073

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/profile-view-puku-antelope-kobus-vardonii-1160943079

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/puku-antelope-south-luangwa-valley-zambia-1969915657

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/male-puku-antelope-kobus-vardonii-standing-789492061

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-female-pukus-kobus-vardonii-south-luangwa-national-park-zambia-africa-39496955.html?imageid=0255975B-C838-4871-A11F-0FE0AE26E9DB&p=57165&pn=2&searchId=4aa2a2926913d9b8b13ab0d4859d139f&searchtype=0

Also see https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/milewski/80389-adaptive-colouration-in-the-hard-ground-barasingha-rucervus-duvaucelii-branderi#

Posted on March 18, 2024 03:43 AM by milewski