Northern pudu
| Northern pudu | |
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| Northern pudu (P. mephistophiles) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Cervidae |
| Subfamily: | Capreolinae |
| Genus: | Pudella |
| Species: | P. mephistophiles |
| Binomial name | |
| Pudella mephistophiles (de Winton, 1896) | |
| Geographic range of Pudu mephistophiles | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pudua mephistophiles de Winton, 1896 | |
The northern pudu (Pudella mephistophiles, Mapudungun püdü or püdu, Spanish: pudú, Spanish pronunciation: [puˈðu]) is a species of South American deer native to the Andes of Colombia, Venezuela, Peru and Ecuador. It is the world's smallest deer and is classified as Data Deficient in the IUCN Red List. Originally classified under genus Pudu, some authorities consider it to belong to a separate genus (Pudella) from the southern pudu, along with Pudella carlae.