What is "pudu"

Pudu \Pu"du\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A very small deer ( Pudua humilis), native of the Chilian Andes. It has simple spikelike antlers, only two or three inches long.

n. A very small South American deer of the genus (taxlink Pudu genus noshow=1), native to the Andes.

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The pudús ( Mapudungun püdü or püdu, , ) are two species of South American deer from the genus Pudu, and are the world's smallest deer. The name is a loanword from Mapudungun, the language of the indigenous Mapuche people of southern Chile. The two species of pudús are the northern pudú (Pudu mephistophiles) from Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, and the southern pudú (Pudu puda; sometimes incorrectly modified to Pudu pudu) from southern Chile and south-western Argentina. Pudús range in size from tall, and up to long. As of 2009, the southern pudu is classified as near threatened, while the northern pudu is classified as vulnerable in the IUCN Red List.

Pudu may refer to:

• Pudu (genus), a genus of small deer;
• Pudu, Kuala Lumpur, a town in Malaysia;
• Pudu, Dakshina Kannada, a town in India;
• Pudu (1255–1330), a Buddhist monk in Yuan China, native of Danyang, Zhenjiang. Follower of Mao Ziyuan, propagator of the orthodixy in the White Lotus teaching.
• Pudu Temple, :zh:普度寺, one of the eight central temples in Beijing.