Pudu Gray 1850 (pudus)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Cervidae

Synonym: Pudua Garrod 1877

Parent taxon: Cervidae according to E. Gonzalez et al. 2014

See also Grubb 2000 and Hershkovitz 1982

Sister taxa: Agalmaceros, Alcinae, Anoglochis, Antifer, Bretzia, Capreolinae, Cariacus, Cervalces, Cervavitulus, Cervina, Cervinae, Cervodama, Cervulinae, Cervulus, Cervus guineensis, Charitoceros, Eocoileus, Epieuryceros, Euctenoceros, Eumeryx, Furcifer, Lucentia, Megaceroides, Metacervulus, Moschina, Nemomeryx, Palaeoplatyceros, Paraceros, Paracervulus, Paradicrocerus, Plesiometacarpalia, Pliocervinae, Praemegaceros, Procervulus, Pseudaxis, Sangamona, Sangamona fugitiva, Surameryx, Surameryx acrensis, Telemetacarpalia

Subtaxa: Pudu mephistophiles Pudu puda

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Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Chile (1 collection), Peru (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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