Editing Pudu (section)

==Description==
The pudus are the world's smallest deer, with the southern pudu being slightly larger than the northern pudu.<ref name="Animal Planet"/> It has a stocky frame supported by short and slender legs. It is {{convert|32|to|44|cm|abbr=on}} high at the shoulder and up to {{convert|85|cm|abbr=on}} in length. Pudus normally weigh up to {{convert|12|kg|abbr=on}},<ref name="cites.org"/> but the highest recorded weight of a pudu is {{convert|13.4|kg|abbr=on}}.<ref name="placentation.ucsd.edu">{{Cite web|url=http://placentation.ucsd.edu/pudu.html|title=Chilean (Southern) Pudu|last=Benirschke|first=Kurt|year=2004|publisher=University of California, San Diego|access-date=17 September 2009}}</ref> Pudus have small, black eyes,<ref name="Animal Planet"/> black noses, and rounded ears with lengths of {{convert|7.5|to|8|cm|abbr=on}}. [[Sexual dimorphism]] in the species includes an absence of [[antlers]] in females. Males have short, spiked antlers that are not forked, as seen in most species of deer. The antlers, which are shed annually,<ref name="Bristol Zoo">{{Cite web|url=http://www.bristolzoo.org.uk/learning/animals/mammals/pudu|title=Southern Pudu|publisher=Bristol Zoo|access-date=19 September 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090530081330/http://www.bristolzoo.org.uk/learning/animals/mammals/pudu|archive-date=30 May 2009}}</ref> can extend from {{convert|6.5|to|7.5|cm|abbr=on}} in length and protrude from between the ears.<ref name="cites.org"/> Also on the head are large [[preorbital gland]]s. Pudus have small [[hoof|hooves]], [[dewclaw]]s, and short tails about {{convert|4.0|to|4.5|cm|abbr=on}} in length when measured without hair. Coat coloration varies with season, sex, and individual genes. The fur is long and stiff, typically pressed close to the body, with a reddish-brown to dark-brown hue.<ref name=Meyer2007>{{Cite journal|vauthors=Meyer W, Seegers U, Bock M |year=2007 |title=Annual secretional activity of the skin glands in the Southern pudu (''Pudu puda'' Molina 1782, Cervidae) |journal=Mammalian Biology |volume=73 |issue= 5|pages=392–95 |doi=10.1016/j.mambio.2007.10.006}}</ref> The neck and shoulders of an aged pudu turn a dark gray-brown in the winter.<ref name="cites.org"/>