Huemul

The huemul , güemal or stag of the Andean south , ( Hippocamelus bisulcus ), is a mammal in classified as in danger of extinction by UICN and pertaining to the family of the Cervidae which lives in the Andes cordillera of the Chile and of the Argentine.

Description

The huemul has a robust body, and short legs. He lives in zones of average altitude during the summer, to the foot of the mountains in autumn and spends the winter taken refuge in the wood of the valleys. He can reach a size of until 165 cm length, the females being a little smaller than the males. Its peeling is thick, dense and of color obscure coffee, its ears and its tail measure from 10 to 20 cm length.

Lifestyle

It is a Herbivore which feeds mainly from plants and shrubs Herbacée S, and also of Jonc S, Lichen S, and Herbe S which one finds among the rocks in the high mountains. Its weight goes from 40 to 100 kg.

The huemuls live in small groups of two or three animals, generally made up of a female and its offspring. But there are also certain specimens which live as recluses.

Protection

These stags are currently protected in three national parks Chile ens and in the close areas in Argentine, particularly in the National park Nahuel Huapi and the National park Río Abiseo. They were classified as species in danger of extinction since 1976 (see QUOTE and IUCN). The danger of extinction is primarily with the human activity: deforestation, the fragmentation of the habitat by the construction of ways and roads, the introduction of animal species not autochtones like the animals of farm (bovine, goats and sheep) and by the poaching.

Blazon of Chile

The güemal is the animal national of Chile, and formed part with the condor of the Andes of its national Escutcheon.

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