The Huemul deer lives in forest areas that can reach up to 5000 meters in the Chilean Andes and parts of Argentina.

Its shoulders can reach up to 80 centimeters (2,5 feet) high and, as with all deer species except reindeer, only the males have antlers.

Due to habitat destruction and over-hunting by humans this deer is close to extinction. Its worldwide population has been reduced to a few thousand .

The Huemul deer also shares its diminishing forest with indigenous people and other species such as the Darwin frog, Pudú deer, Chilote fox and the the Chilean pine. The forest also contains many plants which are not found anywhere else in the world.

Indigenous people also live in these forests and have long depended on the natural wealth of the forest for their physical, cultural and spiritual way of life.

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