guemaln.
/ˈɡweɪməl/ A small Andean deer of the species Hippocamelus bicolor or H. antisensis, having the antlers simply forked.
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1808 R. Alsop tr. G. I. Molina Geogr., Nat. & Civil Hist. Chili I. iv. 226 The guemul, or huemul (equus bisulcus) is an animal which I have classed with the horse, although it ought to form a separate genus in consequence of its hoofs being divided.
1850 Proc. Zool. Soc. 18 236 The female Gemul in the British Museum and in Lord Derby's Museum at Knowsley is considerably larger, and has the legs thicker, than the Siberian Ahu.
1875 Proc. Zool. Soc. 44 The Huemul is found in the Andes on either side from Magellan to near Santiago.
1898 R. Lydekker Deer of all Lands xii. 297 Ancient travellers in Chili brought reports of a cloven-hoofed animal known to the natives as guemal, or huemal.
1911 C. Skottsberg Wilds of Patagonia 189 The Andine deer, the huemul.
1966 Punch 25 May 775/3 Chile should also be all right with its huemal, an elusive furciferine deer.
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