High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Pudu (< Mapudungun pudu or pudu) is a genus comprising two species of deer endemic to South America—the world's smallest deer. The etymology of the name is uncertain, but many forms are considered correct. Pudus (which translates to "mapuche" or "the people of southern Chile") are divided into two species: the Northern pudu (Pudu mephistophiles) is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru ; the Southern or Chilean Pudu (Pudu puda) is found in southern Chile and southwestern Argentina. Pudus range in size from 32 to 44 centimeters (13 to 17 in) tall and up to 85 centimeters (33 in) long.[8] As of 2009, both species of Pudu are classified as Vulnerable in the IUCN Red List. The genus Pudu was first erected by English naturalist John Edward Gray in 1850. Pudua was a Latinized version of the name proposed by Alfred Henry Garrod in 1877 but ruled invalid. They are classified in the New World deer subfamily Capreolinae within the deer family Cervidae. The term "pudu" itself is derived from the Mapuche people of the Chilean region and translates to 'the people of southern Chile'.

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