SOUTHWEST PUDU By: Stephenie

 The place where the Southern Pudu lives is in South America. HABITAT AND COLOR  The color of the Pudu is brown, black, and gray.

 The weight of it is pounds. WEIGHT AND SIZE  The size is inches.

 The Pudu eats bamboo, leaves, bark, twigs, buds, blossoms, fruit and berries in the wild. In the zoo they eat Alfalfa, leaf eater biscuits, herbivore pellets, some fruits, and vegetables. DIET AND YOUNG  This is the young of the Pudu. The females in 1 st year, males in the 2 nd year, gestation is 210 days.

 The only predator of the Pudu is humans. PREDATORS AND ESTIMATED REMAINING  Experts believe its less than 10,00 left.

REASONS IT IS ENDANGERED  Their numbers have declined because the temperate rainforest habitat was destroyed and cleared for cattle ranching and other human developments.

CONSERVATION MEASURES  People are setting up at Bristol Zoo Gardens and they are catching them for the breeding program.

OTHER INTERESTING FACTS  These are some interesting facts about the Southern Pudu. The pudu is the worlds 2 nd smallest deer. Like other deer, male pudu’s lose their antlers and grow them again every year. The females give birth to tiny fawns that are usually less than 6 inches tall, but grow very quickly. They have 4 rows of light spots on their backs from their shoulders to their tails. Other spots on their sides help hide them. The pudu lives in small herds. However in the winter when snow covers the ground, its tracks can be found near places where people live.

WORKS CITED  1. Woodland Park Zoo”. Internet WWW.zoo.org  2. Jacksonville Zoo Gardens.” Internet WWW.Jacksonvillezoo.org  3.Bristol Zoo Gardens.” Internet WWW.bristolzoo.org  4.Grolier Online.” Southern Pudu. Internet WWW.go.grolier.com  5. Belfast Zoo.” Southern Pudu. Internet www.belfastzoo.co.uk