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Botswana Travel Guide

Puku



Kobus vardonii Shoulder height 80cm. Weight 60–75kg.
Easily confused with the lechwe at a glance, the puku has an orange-red colour overall, which is lighter underneath than above. Its legs are uniformly red, and its tail is a lighter yellow. Puku are smaller and slightly shaggier than lechwe, and the males have smaller, stouter, lyre-shaped horns when compared with the lechwe.

Puku are found all over East and central Africa, and are one of the most common antelopes in Zambia. Typically they inhabit open areas near rivers and marshes, though in Zambia are found in a wide variety of habitats. In Botswana their distribution is restricted to the floodplain areas of the Chobe riverfront, and often virtually the only place that you'll see them is the aptly named Puku Flats, just west of Chobe Game Lodge and east of the of campsite at Serondella.


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