Southern pudu | |
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Southern pudu (P. puda) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Cervidae |
Subfamily: | Capreolinae |
Genus: | Pudu |
Species: | P. puda
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Binomial name | |
Pudu puda (Molina, 1782)
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Geographic range of Pudu puda | |
Synonyms | |
Capra puda Molina, 1782[3] |
The southern pudu (Pudu puda, Mapudungun püdü or püdu,[4] Spanish: pudú, Spanish pronunciation: [puˈðu]) is a species of South American deer native to the Valdivian temperate forests of south-central Chile and adjacent Argentina. It is classified as Near Threatened in the IUCN Red List.[1]