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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderArtiodactyla
  5. ›familyCervidae
  6. ›genusHippocamelus
Hippocamelus bisulcus
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IUCN EN · Endangered

Guemal

Hippocamelus bisulcus (Molina, 1782)

Also calledCerf des Andes Méridionales (fra) · Chileense Huemul (nld) · Chilei villásszarvas (hun) · Chilenhirvi (fin) · Chilenischer Huemul (deu) · Ciervo Andino Meridional (spa) · Gabelhirsch (deu) · Guémal (fra) · Huemal (pol) · Huemul (spa) · Huemul Patag (spa) · Huemul Patagónico (spa) · Huémul des Andes Méridionales (fra) · Lõuna-guemal (est)

First described in: Sagg. Stor. Nat. Chile p.320

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

conservation

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; U. S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Endangered.

Order Artiodactyla

materials_examined

Type Locality: Chile, " delle Andi [Andes] "; restricted to Colchagua Prov. (Cabrera, 1961: 334).

Order Artiodactyla

conservation

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix I and U. S. ESA - Endangered.

Order Artiodactyla

activity

Activity patterns. It is mainly crepuscular. During midday it spends most of the time ruminating and resting.

Cervidae

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2440981.