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The Huemul is an endangered mammal of the Cervidae family. The Huemul has a stocky, thick, and short-legged body. This mammal lives at higher altitudes in the summer, then moves down the mountains in the fall and spends the winter in more sheltered forested valleys. Areas with fresh water are preferred. The Huemul is a herbivore which feeds primarily on herbaceous plants and shrubs as well as sedges, lichens, and grasses found between the rocks on high peaks. An endangered species is a species whose population is so small that it is in danger of becoming extinct. ... Orders Subclass Multituberculata (extinct) Plagiaulacida Cimolodonta Subclass Palaeoryctoides (extinct) Subclass Triconodonta (extinct) Subclass Eutheria (includes extinct ancestors)/Placentalia (excludes extinct ancestors) Afrosoricida Artiodactyla Carnivora Cetacea Chiroptera Cimolesta (extinct) Creodonta (extinct) Condylarthra (extinct) Dermoptera Desmostylia (extinct) Embrithopoda (extinct) Hyracoidea Insectivora Lagomorpha Litopterna (extinct) Macroscelidea Mesonychia (extinct) Notoungulata (extinct) Perissodactyla Pholidota Plesiadapiformes... Genera About 15 in 4 subfamilies. ... Altitude is the elevation of an object from a known level or datum, called zero level. ... Summer is a season, defined by convention in meteorology as the whole months of June, July, and August, in the Northern hemisphere, and the whole months of December, January, and February, in the Southern hemisphere. ... This article is about the physical-geographic term. ... A deer and two fawns feeding on some foliage In zoology, an herbivore is an animal that is adapted to eat primarily plant matter (rather than meat). ... This article is about the plants used in cooking and medicine. ... Genera See text The Family Cyperaceae, or the Sedge family, is a taxon of monocot flowering plants that superficially resemble grasses or rushes. ... Genera See: List of Poaceae genera The true grasses are monocot (class Liliopsida) plants of the family Poaceae (formerly Graminae). ...

Hippocamelus bisulcus, also known as the South Andean deer, is found in Chile and Argentina. Huemules live in small groups of two to three animals; these groups are made up of a female and her young. Many animals live solitary lives.

Hippocamelus antisensis, the Peruvian Guemal (known locally as Taruca), is found in the highland cloud forests of Peru, as well as parts of Bolivia. They live in high altitudes, from 2,500 to 5,200 meters above sea level. Social habits include grazing in flexible groups of about 8 animals led by a female. The Guemal is active during daytime and has a lifespan of about 10 years. The conservation status of the Peruvian guemal is not known as of 1996.

These deer are now protected in thirteen Chilean national parks and neighbouring parts of Argentina and Peru, particularly Nahuel Huapí National Park and Rio Abiseo National Park, and have been on the Endangered list since 1976. They are endangered primarily due to human impacts such as deforestation, habitat fragmentation by roads, introduction of non-native mammals such as farm animals, and poaching. They are in a classic "extinction spiral" marked by increasingly small, isolated populations and are now considered critically endangered. Yosemite National Park in the United States. ... Cerro Ljungner (2000 m) and lakes Moreno and Nahuel Huapi Nahuel Huapi National Park is the oldest Argentine national park, in Patagonia in the foothills of the Andes mountains. ... The Rio Abiseo National Park is a wooded national park in the Andean highlands of northern Peru. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

The huemul is the national animal of Chile.

External links

• Animal Info - South Andean Deer
• Photo of Hippocamelus antisensis
• Huemul Homepage - bilingual