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Recently, a rare pudu was born in an Argentinian zoo.
近日，阿根廷一家动物园里诞生了一只罕见的南普度鹿。
The birth has given scientists and conservationists a chance to study and collect data on the small deer.
它的出生为科学家和自然资源保护者提供了一个研究和收集关于这种小鹿的数据的机会。
Pudus are one of the smallest deer species in the world.
南普度鹿是世界上最小的鹿种之一。
They can grow up to 50 centimeters tall and weigh up to 12 kilograms.
它们可以长到50厘米高，体重达到12公斤。
At birth, the white-spotted male pudu weighed just 1.21 kilograms.
出生时，这只白点雄性南普度鹿的体重只有1.21公斤。
Workers at the conservation organization Temaiken Foundation named it Lenga after a tree species in the Andean Patagonian Forest of Chile and Argentina.
保护组织Temaiken Foundation的工作人员将其命名为Lenga，用智利和阿根廷安第斯巴塔哥尼亚森林的一种树给它命名。
"It's a very enigmatic animal. It's not easy to see," said Maximiliano Krause.
“这种动物很神秘。也很难被人类看见。”马克西米利亚诺·克劳斯说。
He is Lenga's caretaker at the nonprofit organization.
他是Lenga在这个非营利性组织的管理员。
Krause says Lenga is spending his days exploring the park with his mother, Chalten, and father, Nicolino.
克劳斯说，Lenga每天都在和它的母亲Chalten和父亲Nicolino一起探索公园。
Lenga is breastfeeding for the first two months until he can eat plants on his own.
Lenga在出生后的头两个月里一直吃母乳，直到他可以自己进食植物。
After that, Lenga will lose his white spots and the spotty skin color that helps small deer hide from both daytime and nighttime predators.
之后，Lenga身上的白色斑点和斑点皮肤会消失，这些斑点能帮助小鹿躲避白天和夜间的捕食者。
At about one year, pudus develop antlers and reach up to 10 centimeters.
大约一年后，南普度鹿会长出鹿角，长到10厘米。
Pudus are very elusive animals. In other words, they are hard to find and difficult to see in the wild.
南普度鹿是极其难以捉摸的动物。这意味着，很难在野外看到或发现它们。
When chased by predators, they escape in a zig-zag manner.
在被捕食者追逐时，它们会用之字形路线逃跑。
The small deer also face threats from wild dogs and species introduced into southern Argentina and Chile.
这种小鹿还面临着来自野狗以及引入阿根廷南部和智利的物种的威胁。
Only about 10,000 pudus remain in the wild.
野外大约只有一万只南普度鹿。
They are classified as near-threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
它们被国际自然保护联盟(IUCN)列为濒临威胁的物种。
"This pudu birth is obviously a joy for us," said Cristian Guillet.
克里斯蒂安·吉利特说：“这只南普度鹿的诞生显然让我们很开心。”
He is the director of zoological operations at the Temaiken Foundation.
他是Temaiken基金会的动物管理主管。
Guillet said that Lenga will help them research and gather data that will help conservation efforts for pudus and other Patagonian deer, like the huemul.
吉利特说，Lenga将帮助他们研究和收集数据，这可以帮助保护南普度鹿和其他巴塔哥尼亚鹿，比如马驼鹿。
"(This) offers hope of saving them from extinction," Guillet said.
“(这)为拯救它们免于灭绝带来了希望，”吉利特说。
I’m Anna Matteo.
我是安娜·马泰奥。
