Hippocamelus antisensis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Artiodactyla
- Family
- Cervidae
- Genus
- Hippocamelus
- Species
- Hippocamelus antisensis
- Scientific Name
- Hippocamelus antisensis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Taruca
The taruca (Hippocamelus antisensis), also known as the Peruvian guemal, north Andean deer, north Andean huemul, northern huemul or northern guemal, is a mid sized deer species that inhabits the high regions of the Andes mountains in South America. The common name taruca means "deer" in both the Quechua and Aymara languages. The taruca is closely related to the southern guemal (H. bisulcus), the only other member of the Hippocamelus genus.
...Hippocamelus antisensis in languages:
- Arabic
- أيل شمال الأنديز
- Bokmål
- Nordlig Andeshjort
- Czech
- huemul severní
- Danish
- Peruviansk Huemul
- Dutch
- Noord-Andeshert
- Dutch
- Peruviaanse Huemul
- English
- North Andean Huemul
- English
- Peruvian Guemal
- English
- Taruca
- English
- North Andean Deer
- English
- Peruvian Huemul
- English
- Northern Huemul
- Estonian
- Peruu guemal
- Finnish
- perunhemuli
- French
- Cerf des Andes septentrionales
- French
- Taruca
- French
- Guémal péruvien
- German
- Nördlicher Andenhirsch
- German
- Nordandenhirsch
- German
- Peruanischer Huemul
- German
- Taruka
- Russian
- Перуанский олень
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