ʻO kekahi o nā mea ʻoki ʻoki loa a kūpilikiʻi hoʻi o ka ʻohana dia ka pudu. Hiki ke loaʻa ka holoholona liʻiliʻi ma Chile, Peru, ʻEkuador, Argentina a me Colombia. Ma muli o ka hana ʻino a ka poʻe, ua nalowale nā dia liʻiliʻi mai nā wahi he nui o ko mākou honua.
Nā ʻano nui
ʻO kahi hiʻohiʻona hiʻohiʻona o ka dia pudu ko lākou kino liʻiliʻi a me ke kaumaha. Hiki i kahi kanaka makua ke ulu a 93 cm ka lōʻihi a 35 cm ke kiʻekiʻe, ʻoiai ka nui o ka nui ma mua o 11 kg. ʻO nā holoholona o ka ʻohana dia he poʻo squat, kahi ʻāʻī pokole a me waho e nānā ʻole e like me ko lākou ʻohana. Nui nā mea like o ka pudu me nā Mazam, ʻoiai ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ko lākou kua, uhi ʻia ke kino me ka huluhulu mānoanoa, a poepoe nā pepeiao a pokole hoʻi. ʻAʻohe huelo o nā dia Miniature, a pōkole loa ko lākou mau pepeiaohao (a i 10 cm). Ma muli o ke kū ʻana o kahi ʻāpana o nā lauoho pepeiaohao, paʻakikī e ʻike. Liʻiliʻi nā maka a me nā pepeiao (hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ke kino) a nani a kū hoʻokahi ke nānā aku.
ʻO nā dia Pudu he ʻeleʻele-ʻeleʻele a auburn-brown. Loaʻa i kekahi mau holoholona i nā kiko malamalama ma ke kino a me ka ʻōpū ʻulaʻula. Makemake kahi holoholona liʻiliʻi mai ka ʻohana dia e noho ma nā pali o nā kuahiwi a ma kahi kiʻekiʻe a i 2000 mau mika. Makemake nā māmā i nā wahi huna a me nā holoholona hihiu.
Ma ke ʻano laulā, ʻike maka ʻia ka dia pudu, pōʻai a pōkole hoʻi nā wāwae.
Nā hiʻohiʻona nohona
Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ʻo Pudu e kā lākou akahele a me ka hūnā. Hoʻomaka ka wā hana i nā holoholona i ke kakahiaka a hoʻopau i ka pō. Noho hoʻokahi a i ʻole pālua paha. He wahi liʻiliʻi kā kēlā me kēia dia e noho nei. I mea e kaha ai i "kāna mau waiwai", ʻānai ka pood i kona lae i nā kumulāʻau a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe (he ʻala ʻala kūikawā kāna ma ke poʻo).
Kaʻai kūpono a me ka hana hou
Makemake nā holoholona i ka ʻili lāʻau, nā lālā, ka mauʻu momona a me nā lau hou, a me nā hua a me nā ʻanoʻano. Me kēlā papaʻai, hiki i nā dia poodu ke hana me ka ʻole o ka wai no ka manawa lōʻihi. I kekahi manawa, ma muli o ko lākou kino liʻiliʻi, ʻaʻole hiki i nā artiodactyls ke hōʻea i nā lālā e ulu ai nā hua momona.
E hoʻomaka ana i ʻeono mau makahiki o ka makahiki, hiki i nā wahine ke hānau hou. ʻO ka ʻimi no kahi pālua e hāʻule kokoke i ka kauwela. Hāpai ka hāpai i 200-223 mau lā. A ʻo kahi hopena, puka mai kahi kēpau liʻiliʻi (ʻo ia wale nō), ʻaʻole hiki aku kona kaumaha i 0,5 kg. I nā lā mua, nāwaliwali loa ka pēpē, kipa pinepine kona makuahine iā ia e hānai iā ia. Ma hope o kekahi mau pule, hiki i ka cub ke haʻalele i ka puʻuhonua a hāhai i ka ʻohana. I nā lā 90, lilo ka pēpē i kanaka makua.
