Near ThreatenedSouthern Pudu
Pudu puda
7 countries10 parks
Species group · Mammals
WAnimals has 2 species of pudu, in the family Cervidae.
Ranges calculated from the profiles that record the figure, not from all 2.
Each one has its own full profile. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.
1 species in this group is in a threatened category according to the IUCN.
Recorded in 10 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:
It climbs: it gets up onto fallen trunks and rocks to reach high leaves, and animals have been documented walking up sloping branches, which is highly unusual in a deer.
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When chased it does not flee in a straight line: it zigzags along the tunnels of the understorey, where a dog or a puma cannot follow at the same speed.
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It is the smallest deer on the planet: an adult weighs about as much as a large domestic cat.
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The males have tiny antlers, straight and unbranched, barely six centimetres long, almost hidden among the hair of the forehead.
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