Order Artiodactyla Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 637 722 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Pudu mephistophiles de Winton 1896 Pudu mephistophiles de Winton 1896 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1896: 508 . Type Locality: Ecuador , Napo-Pastaza Prov., "Paramo of Papallacta … east of Quito, only just south of the Equator … about 11,000 feet [ 3353 m ] above the sea". Vernacular Names: Northern Pudu . Distribution: Andes of Colombia , Ecuador , and Peru . Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).