A southern pudu fawn walks May 27 in its enclosure at the Queens Zoo in New York. The male southern pudu fawn, the world's smallest deer species, was born May 12 at the zoo. Southern pudus tend to be around a foot tall at the shoulder. At birth, they're 6 inches high and weigh less than a pound.
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