Southern pudu are the smallest deer in the world, ranging from 600 to 825 mm in total body length and with a shoulder height from 250 to 430 mm. The coat is composed of long coarse hair. The body color is a buffy agouti pattern. The middle back is a reddish brown color, while the face, outer surface of the ears, narial patch, chin and under side are reddish. The fawns have a white spotted coat. The body is low to the ground with short thick legs. The eyes and the ears are small compared with the body size. The tail is almost non-exsistent. Males have short, less than 100 mm, spike antlers. (Nowak, 1997).

IUCN 2008 Red List Category & Criteria: Vulnerable  

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This nocturnal, arboreal mammal construct spherical nests of water-repellant bamboo leaves lined with moss or grass. Nests probably serve to protect the animals from the cold, but when temperatures drop during the winter and food becomes scarce, Dromiciops gliroides will hibernate. Feeds primarily on larvae and pupae of insect.

This species is considered to be Near Threatened in light of an ongoing population decline inferred from habitat conversion to agriculture and from logging activities. Almost qualifies as threatened under criterion A.

Only found in southern and central Chile, to the south of Concepcion and on the island of Chiloe, and adjacent Argentina.

IUCN 2008 Red List Category & Criteria:
Near Threatened

South American sea lion, Otaria flavescens (Shaw, 1800), aka Southern sea lion, is also referred to as Otaria byronia. They in vary size within the species and between males and females. Adult males measure an average of 2.6 m long and weigh around 300 kg, while adult females measure an average of 1.8-2 m long and weigh around 150 kg. Adults have a dark brown back and light brown chest. The manes on males are lighter than females, and female fur on the head and neck is lighter than that of males. The males have a massive head and neck with a characteristically upturned nose. South American sea lions live for about 20 years.

IUCN 2008 Red List Category & Criteria:
Least Concern

Opilion Harvester - 8 cms. diameter

A rare white Penguin

We have been told "it's not albino (would have pink eyes and no colour at all) but what it is called a 'Leucistic', where the cells in the body carry some pigment as indicated by the dark flippers and bill tip.
It is not a separate species but a genetic condition that can happen in just about all bird species.

White birds in amongst there own kind will usually be left isolated and perhaps not find a mate.....just like human outcasting. Sad but true.".

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