Pudella carlae

Barrio, Gutiérrez, & D'Elía, 2024

Peruvian Yungas Pudu

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Ruminantia
Infraorder : Pecora
Family : Cervidae
Subfamily : Capreolinae
Tribe : Odocoileini
Genus : Pudella

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Barrio, J., Gutiérrez, E.E. and D'Elía, G. 2024-03-01. The first living cervid species described in the 21st century and revalidation of Pudella (Artiodactyla). Journal of Mammalogy 105(3):577-588.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyae012

Original name as described

Pudella carlae

Type material

MUSM 55639

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Peru, Amazonas, Rodríguez de Mendoza, Valle de la Colpa (−6.3884, −77.2325, 2,360 m)."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Peru

Taxonomy notes

recently described based on populations previously attributed to P. mephistophiles

Taxonomy notes citation

Barrio, J., Gutiérrez, E. E., & D’Elía, G. (2024). The first living cervid species described in the 21st century and revalidation of Pudella (Artiodactyla). Journal of Mammalogy, gyae012.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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