Huemules (Free post)
A topic very interesting that sprang to my mind is about South Andean deer or huemules. Their scientific name is Hippocamelus bisulcus due they belong to the Cervidae family, i.e., they are members of deer like caribou, moose, taruca or red deer. They are located in the south west side of South America covered by both Argentina and Chile (specifically in the Southern Andes and its surroundings), even the Coat of arms of the second country appears this little giant animal in one of its sides opposite the condor. Therefore, huemules are the world's most southern deer.
Thanks for their location and their ancestry as herbivorous animals, their diet is made up of shrubs, grass, tree shoots and lichens. Besides, their fur is thick, dense (for surviving the snowy weather in winter) and beige to dark brown coloured with the purpose of camouflaging as in large forests as in high mountain scrubs.
In spite of being an animal very emblematic for Chile and Argentina, its habitat was reduced by the growth of human settlements, the construction of motorways, the insertion of foreign species and its unjustifiable hunting. Even the number of huemules is so intense that they are considered as an endangered species. However, in both countries has established many national parks and nature reserves for leading their protection of such causes. In my personal opinion, I wish they (as every animal in the world) could be protected by all of us for giving them their right to live freely in their habitat.