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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/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.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
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.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
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
Kneeling
Semi cross-walking
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C39XUUMKIyL/
https://www.shutterstock.com/video/clip-1104048149-puku-fawn-foraging-food-natural-african-bushland
https://www.shutterstock.com/video/clip-1104048151-puku-fawn-foraging-food-natural-african-bushland
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/puku-impala-zambia-2388457589
Stotting
https://www.shutterstock.com/video/clip-33150280-leopard-walks-past-puku-keeps-eye-on
https://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photos-leaping-safety-image1304613
https://www.dreamstime.com/royalty-free-stock-images-jumping-safety-image1304619
https://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photos-leaping-safety-image1304613
Galloping
https://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/item/39997246-male-and-female-puku-running-along-river-bank
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pimgmx/26876780823
ANATOMY
Tail
Stifle-fold
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/zambia-south-luangwa-male-puku-2213713269
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/long-shot-profile-isolated-male-puku-1565379262
False hooves/dewclaws
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/puku-antelope-ram-standing-early-morning-2341236525
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/puku-kobus-vardonii-senganus-male-standing-1537027127
Rhinarium
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/male-puku-154457786
Labial vibrissae
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/female-puku-antelope-poses-zambia-2327793793
Preorbital gland
SOCIOSEXUAL BEHAVIOUR
Gregariousness
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/large-group-pukus-near-river-alerted-1623929755
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/group-puku-antelopes-near-river-alert-1715293150
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/small-group-puku-antelope-kobus-vardonii-360757904
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/herd-puku-1965302
https://www.shutterstock.com/video/clip-18976063-grey-crowned-crane-walking-past-resting-puku
Sparring
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/three-puku-south-luangwa-national-park-161186477
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/puku-fight-148074962
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/rutting-puku-south-luangwa-national-park-161186480
https://www.shutterstock.com/video/clip-1040029403-profile-view-male-puku-antelopes-fighting-super
Suckling
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/baby-puku-mother-1133844194
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/baby-puku-mother-1133844200
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/baby-puku-mother-1133844197
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/puku-kobus-vardonii-female-suckling-lamb-2399668207
to be continued in https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/milewski/91029-a-collation-of-sundry-some-mislabelled-photos-of-the-puku-kobus-vardoni-on-the-web-part-2#...
Comentarios
Bleeze
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/crowned-crane-zambia-1135423301
Kobus leche
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/red-lechwe-water-moremi-botswana-483588823
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/kobus-vardonii-puku-animal-walking-water-1160751553
Kobus vardoni with Giraffa tippelskirchi thornicrofti
https://www.shutterstock.com/video/clip-18312856-thornicroft's-giraffes-walk-past-puku
https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-tail-of-black-faced-impala-135416572.html?imageid=CDBB2EDA-B936-4335-A0D4-A6A89E094F89&p=163524&pn=1&searchId=2cfc4de9b1aacee4e55653a80467551f&searchtype=0
Precociality of posterior coronal flag
https://www.alamy.com/black-faced-impala-aepyceros-melampus-petersi-aepyceros-petersi-female-standing-with-two-young-animals-on-grass-namibia-image255224195.html?imageid=52DC7E36-1B32-478B-B606-2E1D8CCA9C97&p=851125&pn=2&searchId=1f5542e7213ab29c0373963d6ec132b5&searchtype=0
https://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photo-antilope-ngorogoro-crater-tanzania-image60578237
https://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photo-males-impala-zoo-out-door-image85072761
https://www.dreamstime.com/wild-life-animals-mole-national-park-largest-wildlife-refuge-ghana-western-africa-image252822535
https://www.dreamstime.com/wild-life-animals-mole-national-park-largest-wildlife-refuge-ghana-western-africa-image252822549
https://www.dreamstime.com/wild-life-animals-mole-national-park-largest-wildlife-refuge-ghana-wild-life-animals-mole-national-park-largest-image252822469
The following, mislabelled on the Web, is presumably Kobus kob thomasi, based on the dark on the anterior surfaces of the legs:
https://www.alamy.com/female-waterbuck-walking-along-the-sandy-savannah-along-the-shore-of-the-lake-in-the-dry-season-image343791641.html?imageid=47804B16-C282-4128-921F-5CB043D6813E&p=310718&pn=1&searchId=660be775941111ad3ff09a1a1eb9c3a4&searchtype=0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV5igoAy7uk
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