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Southern Huemul
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IUCN EN · Endangered

Southern Huemul

Hippocamelus bisulcus

The south Andean deer (Hippocamelus bisulcus), also known as the southern guemal, Chilean huemul or güemul (/ˈweɪmuːl/ WAY-mool, Spanish: ), is an endangered species of deer native to the mountains of Argentina and Chile. One of two mid-sized deer of the Hippocamelus genus, the south Andean deer ranges across the high mountainsides and cold valleys of the Andes. The distribution and habitat, behaviour, and diet of the deer have all been the subject...

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 42180.