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Southern Chile, south-west Argentina, Chiloé Island, and northwest South America are home to the deer. [ 6 ] [ 10 ] The northern pudú is found in the northern Andes of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Peru, from 2,000 to 4,000 m (6,600 to 13,100 ft) above sea level.
Anthropogenic climate change and the damage to its ecosystems resulting from the rapid recent growth of the human population pose a further threat to South America's biodiversity. The list consists of those species found in the nations or overseas territories of continental South America (including their island possessions, such as the ...
They are widespread throughout North and South America, Europe, and Asia, and are found in a wide variety of biomes. Cervids range in size from the 60 cm (24 in) long and 32 cm (13 in) tall pudú to the 3.4 m (11.2 ft) long and 3.4 m (11.2 ft) tall moose .
The south Andean deer (Hippocamelus bisulcus), also known as the southern guemal, [3] south Andean huemul, southern huemul, or Chilean huemul or güemul (/ ˈ w eɪ m uː l / WAY-mool, Spanish:), is an endangered species of deer native to the mountains of Argentina and Chile.
The marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus) is a species of deer native to South America. It is the largest living species of South American deer. This is the only species in the genus Blastocerus. Marsh deer in the Pantanal A male in Rio do Peixe State Park, a hotspot of this species beyond Pantanal
Deer invaded South America in the late Pliocene (2.5–3 Mya) as part of the Great American Interchange, thanks to the recently formed Isthmus of Panama, and emerged successful due to the small number of competing ruminants in the continent.
The southern pudu (Pudu puda, Mapudungun püdü or püdu, [4] Spanish: pudú, Spanish pronunciation:) 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]
The northern pudu (Pudu mephistophiles, Mapudungun püdü or püdu, [4] Spanish: pudú, Spanish pronunciation:) is a species of South American deer native to the Andes of Colombia, Venezuela, Peru and Ecuador. It is the world's smallest deer [5] and is classified as Data Deficient in the IUCN Red List. [1]