Southern pudu  (Pudu puda)

Range

Found in the lower Andes of Chile and Argentina (4).

View a distribution map for this species at UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Habitat

The southern pudu prefers temperate rainforest with dense underbrush and bamboo thickets, which offer a good degree of cover from predators. However, it will occasionally venture out into more open habitats to feed (4) (8). Found on high mountainsides up to 1,700 metres above sea level, but also at much lower altitudes and along the coast (4) (6).

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