Pudu puda

(G. I. Molina, 1782)

Southern Pudu

View of male individual resting, antlers visible. Also as Chilean Pudu.
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Location:USA, CA, Los Angeles Co., Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical GardensDate taken:Jan 1, 1990

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1236

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Molina, G.I. 1782. Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chili. S. Tommaso d'Aquino, Bologna, 367 pp.

Authority publication link

https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/idurl/1/9635

Original name as described

Capra Puda

Other common names

Chilean Pudu

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

Chiloé Province (Chile).

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Chile · Argentina

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006305

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 20 names and synonyms.

Capra Puda

(G. I. Molina, 1782)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

puda

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

308

Authority publication

Bologna

Name usages

Treviranus (1803:179, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028207) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)

Ovis Pudu

(J. F. Gmelin, 1788)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

pudu

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

201

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751421

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Gmelin (1788:201, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751421) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  2. Kerr (1792:332, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664358) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  3. Shaw (1801:392, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19632960) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37621)
  4. Turton (1802:119, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772975) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  5. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Aries Puda

(Link, 1795)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

puda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

96

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272972

Authority publication

Rostock

Name usages

Link (1795:96, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272972) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35635)

Aries Pudu

(G. Fischer, 1814)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

pudu

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

xvi

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130077

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Fischer (1814:xvi, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130077) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)

Ovis dubia

(Afzelius, 1815)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

dubius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

217

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26737471

Authority publication

Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Cervus ?Pudu

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

pudu

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

108

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080964

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Illiger (1815:108, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080964) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  2. Gay (1847:158, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26256606) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37640)
  3. Murray (1866:335, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580331) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  4. Sclater (1870:116, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28554926) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69149)
  5. Sclater (1872:108, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037885) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)

Mazama puda

(Rafinesque, 1817)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

puda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

44

Authority publication

American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review

Name usages

Rafinesque (1817:44) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35233)

Capra Pudu

(J. B. Fischer, 1829)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

pudu

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

493

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

Fischer (1829:493) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

Cervus humilis

(E. T. Bennett, 1831)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

humilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.248

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/99aecc90-d577-47f8-a85a-893604b53a3a

Authority page

27

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1213996

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Bennett (1831:27, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1213996) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67685)
  2. Lesson (1842:172) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Schinz (1845:381) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37529)
  4. Sundevall (1846:183, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47392279) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40481)
  5. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Antilope pudu

(P. Gervais, 1840)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

pudu

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

264

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Gervais (1840:264) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67281)

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