New York zoo introduces tiny pudu deer

One of the world’s smallest deer species is making its debut at the Queens Zoo in New York City.

The tiny South American deer weighed 2 pounds (just under 1 kilo) when it was born June, said the New Yorker Wildlife Conservation Society in a statement.

The southern pudu fawn is expected to weigh 15 to 20 pounds (7 to 9 kilograms) as an adult — the weight of a large watermelon.

Pudus are listed as “near threatened” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

They are native…