A gathering of thin legs (this wild boar has them, too!). I show you WWF MAXIMUM CARDS / MAXICARDS / DORINCARDS from ARGENTINA, with Vicuña (Vicugna vicugna), Pampas Deer (Ozotoceros bezoarticus), Southern Pudú (Pudu puda) and Chacoan Peccary (Catagonus wagneri)

I show you WWF MAXIMUM CARDS / MAXICARDS / DORINCARDS from ARGENTINA, with  Vicuña (Vicugna vicugna) - uper-right,  Pampas Deer (Ozotoceros bezoarticus) - upper-left, Southern Pudú (Pudu puda) - lower-right, and Chacoan Peccary  (Catagonus wagneri) - lower-left.

Upper-left (UL): "Pampas deer, Ozotoceros bezoarticus, live in the grasslands of South America at low elevations.^[2] They are also known as Venado or Gama. Their habitat includes water and hills, often with winter drought, and grass that is high enough to cover a standing deer.^[3] Many of them live on the Pantanal wetlands, where there are ongoing conservation efforts, and other areas of annual flooding cycles. Human activity has changed much of the original landscape.^[4]They are known to live up to 12 years in the wild, longer if captive, but are threatened due to over-hunting and habitat loss.^[5] Many people are concerned over this loss, because a healthy deer population means a healthy grassland, and a healthy grassland is home to many species, some also threatened. Many North American birds migrate south to these areas, and if the Pampas deer habitat is lost, they are afraid these bird species will also decline.^[6] There are approximately 80,000 Pampas deer total, with the majority of them living in Brazil."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pampas_deer

(UR): "The vicuña (Vicugna vicugna) or vicugna^[2] is one of two wild South American camelids, along with the guanaco, which live in the high alpine areas of the Andes. It is a relative of the llama, and is now believed to share a wild ancestor with domesticated alpacas, which are raised for their fibre. Vicuñas produce small amounts of extremely fine wool, which is very expensive because the animal can only be shorn every 3 years. When knitted together, the product of the vicuña's fur is very soft and warm. It is understood that the Inca valued vicuñas for their wool, and that it was against the law for any but royalty to wear vicuña garments.

Both under the rule of the Inca and today, vicuñas have been protected by law. Before being declared endangered in 1974, only about 6,000 animals were left. Today, the vicuña population has recovered to about 350,000,^[1] and while conservation organizations have reduced its level of threat, they still call for active conservation programs to protect population levels from poaching, habitat loss, and other threats.

The vicuña is the national animal of Peru; its emblem is used on the Peruvian coat of arms representing the animal kingdom."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicu%C3%B1a

(LL) : "The Chacoan peccary or Tagua (Catagonus wagneri) is a species of peccary found in the dry shrub habitat or Chaco of Paraguay, Bolivia and Argentina. About 3000 exist in the world. It is believed to be the closest living relative to the extinct genus Platygonus.

The Chacoan peccary has the unusual distinction of having been first described in 1930 based on fossils and was originally thought to be an extinct species. In 1975 the animal was discovered to still be alive and well in the Chaco region of Paraguay. The species was well known to the native people, but it took a while for scientists to rediscover its existence. It is known locally as the tagua."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chacoan_peccary

(LR): "The pudús (Mapudungun püdü or püdu)^[3] are two species of South American deer from the genus Pudu; the world's smallest deer.^[4] The name is a loanword from Mapudungun the language of the indigenous Mapuche people of southern Chile.^[5] The two species of pudús are the Northern Pudú (Pudu mephistophiles) from Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, and the Southern^[6] or Chilean Pudú (Pudu puda; sometimes incorrectly modified to Pudu pudu^[7]) from southern Chile and southwestern Argentina.^[8] Pudús range in size from 32 to 44 centimeters (13 to 17 in) tall and up to 85 centimeters (33 in) long.^[9] As of 2009, both species are classified as Vulnerable in the IUCN Red List.^[1][2]"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Pudu

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