Puku (Kobus vardonii)
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About Puku (Kobus vardonii)
- Kingdom: Animals
- Phylum: Chordates
- Class: Mammals
- Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetacean
- Family: Bovids
Red List Category
NT
Near Threatened
Red List Criteria
Version
3.1
Year Assessed
2008
Assessor/s
IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group
Reviewer/s
Mallon, D.P. (Antelope Red List Authority) & Hoffmann, M. (Global Mammal Assessment)
Contributor/s
Justification
Listed as Near Threatened as based on population data available from the Kilombero Valley, which represents perhaps half the total global population, as well as populations elsewhere, this species seems to have reached a decline on the order of 20% or more over the past three generations (21 years), thus approaching the threshold for listing as Vulnerable under A2. Any future changes in the status of the Kilombero population could have a major impact on the species’ overall status.
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources