Pudella mephistophiles

Pudella mephistophiles

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ruminantia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Euungulata Ordo: Artiodactyla Cladus: Artiofabula Cladus: Cetruminantia Subordo: Ruminantia

Familia: Cervidae
Subfamilia: Capreolinae
Tribus: Odocoileini
Genus: Pudella
Species: Pudella mephistophiles

Name

Pudella mephistophiles (de Winton, 1896)

• Holotype: BMNH 1896.1.28.6, subadult ♀, skin, presented by Ludovic Söderström in 1896.
• Type locality: “Paramo of Papallacta”, Napo-Pastaza province, Ecuador.

Combinations

• Pudua mephistophiles de Winton, 1896: 508 [original combination]
• Pudella mephistophiles: Thomas, 1913: 588 [subsequent combination]
• Pudu (Pudella) mephistophiles: Lydekker, 1915: 217 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Mazama fusca Spillmann, 1931: 37 [synonymised by Hoffstetter (1952: 369)]
  • Holotype: ?EPN, adult ♂, skull.
  • Type locality: “Mt. Antisana near snow line”, Pichincha province, Ecuador.

• Pudu (Pudella) mephistophiles wetmorei Lehmann, 1945: 76 [synonymised by Cabrera (1961: 344)]
  • Holotype: MHNUCP 3801, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by F.C. Lehmann on 1 February 1945.
  • Type locality: “Páramo de San Rafael, Puracé, ESE Popayán, western slope of the Cordillera Central, 3400 m”.

Native distribution areas

• Colombia: Cordillera Central, Cordillera Occidental, and Cordillera Oriental of the Andes;
• Ecuador: Cordillera Occidental and the Cordillera Oriental of the Andes, from the province of Carchi in the north to the provinces of Loja and Zamora Chinchipe in the south;
• Peru: Cajamarca department.

References

Primary references

• de Winton, W.E. 1896. On some Mammals from Ecuador. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 64(2): 507–513. BHL Reference page. 
• Thomas, O. 1913. On certain of the smaller S.-American Cervidae. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany, and Geology 8th Ser., 11(66): 585–589. DOI: 10.1080/00222931308693360 BHL Reference page. 
• Lydekker, R. 1915. Catalogue of the ungulate mammals in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. IV. Artiodactyla, families Cervidæ (deer), Tragulidæ (chevrotains), Camelidæ (camels and llamas), Suidæ (pigs and peccaries), and Hippopotamidæ (hippopotamuses). Printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum, British Museum Catalogue. 438 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Spillmann, F. 1931. Die Säugetiere Ecuadors im Wandel der Zeit. Universidad Central: Quito. 112 pp. Reference page. 
• Lehmann, F.C. 1945. Un venado del subgénero Pudella nuevo para la Ciencia. Revista de la Universidad del Cauca. Zoología 6: 76–79. Reference page. 
• Hoffstetter, R. 1952. Les Mammifères Pléistocènes de la République de l'Equateur. Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France, Nouvelle Serie 31: 1–391. Reference page. 
• Cabrera, Á. 1961. Catálogo de los mamíferos de America del Sur. Tomo II (Sirenia, Perissodactyla, Artiodactyla, Lagomorpha, Rodentia y Cetacea). Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia". Zoología 4(2): 309–732. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Barrio, J., Gutiérrez, E.E. & D’Elía, G. 2024. The first living cervid species described in the 21st century and revalidation of Pudella (Artiodactyla). Journal of Mammalogy in press. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyae012 Reference page. 

Links

• Barrio, J. & Tirira, D.G. 2019. IUCN: Pudella mephistophiles  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T18847A22163836. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T18847A22163836.en. Accessed on 28 April 2024.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Nordpudu
English: Northern Pudu
español: Pudu Norteño
suomi: Paholaispudu
français: Pudu Du Nord
magyar: Északi törpeszarvas
polski: Pudú ekwadorski
português: Pudu-do-norte