One of the 2 pudus on WAnimals
Mammals · Artiodactyla · Cervidae
Southern Pudu
Pudu puda
Near Threatened
It could become threatened in the near future if current threats go unchecked.
The southern pudu is the second smallest deer in the world, after the northern pudu, and lives in the temperate rainforests of southern Chile and a strip of Argentina. It stands barely 40 centimetres at the shoulder and moves along tunnels it opens through the tangle of quila bamboo and understorey. It is solitary, unobtrusive and mainly crepuscular. Its greatest threats are the loss of native forest, feral dogs and road deaths on the highways of southern Chile.
Weight
6.4 kg – 13.4 kg
Size
70 cm – 90 cm
Life expectancy
12 years
