Pudu
Genus of mammals belonging to the deer, muntjac, roe deer, reindeer, and moose family of ruminants / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The pudus (Mapudungun püdü or püdu,[4] Spanish: pudú, Spanish pronunciation: [puˈðu]) are two species of South American deer from the genus Pudu, and are the world's smallest deer.[5] The chevrotains (mouse-deer; Tragulidae) are smaller, but they are not true deer. The name is a loanword from Mapudungun, the language of the indigenous Mapuche people of central Chile and south-western Argentina.[6] The two species of pudus are the northern pudu (Pudu mephistophiles) from Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, and the southern pudu[7] (Pudu puda; sometimes incorrectly modified to Pudu pudu[8]) from southern Chile and south-western Argentina.[9] Pudus range in size from 32 to 44 centimeters (13 to 17 in) tall, and up to 85 centimeters (33 in) long.[10] The southern pudu is classified as near threatened,[11] while the northern pudu is classified as Data Deficient in the IUCN Red List.[12]
Pudu Temporal range: Pleistocene – recent | |
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Southern pudu (P. puda) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Cervidae |
Subfamily: | Capreolinae |
Tribe: | Odocoileini |
Genus: | Pudu Gray, 1852 |
Type species | |
Capra puda Molina, 1782 | |
Species | |
Pudu puda (Molina, 1782)[1][2] | |
Geographic range of Pudu puda | |
Geographic range of Pudu mephistophiles | |
Synonyms | |
Pudua Garrod, 1877 |