Puku

It has 1 young per litter after a gestation period of 255.1 days, with 1.3 litters per year, and reaches sexual maturity at 384 days. The IUCN Red List classifies the puku as Near Threatened, which is not a threatened category, and its lifespan is given as 21.9 years.

Weight

71.5 kg – 146 kgsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

21.9 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Herbivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

grasslandsrc for Habitat

Gestation

255 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

1src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

12 months – 13.2 monthssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

1.3src for Litters or clutches a year

Active

Day and night (cathemeral)src for Active

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The puku is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderArtiodactyla
5. familyBovidae
6. genusKobus
7. SpeciesKobus vardonii (Livingstone, 1857)

Synonyms Antilope vardonii, Kobus vardoni, Kobus vardonii senganus, Kobus vardonii vardonii

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Waterbuck

Kobus ellipsiprymnus

Bovidae

LC, Least Concern

Kob

Kobus kob

Bovidae

NT, Near Threatened

Lechwe

Kobus leche

Bovidae

N

Nile lechwe

Kobus megaceros

BovidaeNo free photo yet

U

Upemba lechwe

Kobus anselli

BovidaeNo free photo yet

W

White-eared kob

Kobus leucotis

BovidaeNo free photo yet

ComparePuku vs WaterbuckPuku vs KobPuku vs LechwePuku vs Nile lechwe

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@misc{puku_2026,
  title = {Puku (Kobus vardonii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/puku},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}