General information ⁶

Smallest cervideae (deer) in the world
About 12 inch
Name comes from Mapudungun
Found in temperate rain forest
Endemic to central-south Chile and Argentina
Solitary animal, shy and easily scared

English name ⁶

Southern pudu

Sources and Credits

1. (c) pfaucher, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by pfaucher
2. (c) Rodrigo Fernández, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pudu_puda_02.jpg
3. (c) PraiseTheAlmightyHelixFossil, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pudu_puda_Range.png
4. (c) Parken Zoo, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pudu_puda_young_Parken_Zoo.jpg
5. (c) TimSagorski, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Southern_pudu.jpg
6. (c) Alice Roy-Bolduc, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Animal Diversity Web
• ASM Mammal Diversity Database
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• iNaturalist Mammal Working Group
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• VertNet

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