Editing Valdivian temperate forests (section)

==Fauna==
[[File:Poudou IMG 4342.JPG|thumb|[[Pudú]]]]
Some of the threatened mammals of the Valdivian forests include the ''[[monito del monte]]'' ''(Dromiciops gliroides)'', an arboreal [[marsupial]], the [[Pudú|southern ''pudú'']] ''(Pudu puda)'' the world's smallest [[deer]], and the [[kodkod]] ''(Leopardus guigna)'', South America's smallest [[cat]]. Since the beginning of the 20th century, there have also been nonnative [[wild boar]]s living in the Valdivian forests.{{fact|date=October 2017}} The [[Chilean climbing mouse]] (''Irenomys tarsalis'') and [[Chilean shrew opossum]] (''Rhyncholestes raphanurus'') are endemic to the ecoregion.<ref name = eol>[https://editors.eol.org/eoearth/wiki/Valdivian_temperate_forests "Valdivian temperate forests"]. Encyclopedia of Life. Accessed 3 March 2023.</ref> 

Most mammal genera in Valdivian forests are also found in [[Patagonian Desert|semi-arid parts of Patagonia]].<ref name=murua95/> Relative to similar forest in North America there is a low diversity of mammals in Chilean temperate forests.<ref name=murua95>{{cite book |last=Murúa|first=Roberto|date=1995|editor-last=Armesto|editor-first=Juan J. |editor-last2=Villagrán|editor-first2=Carolina|editor-last3=Arroyo|editor-first3=Mary Kalin|editor-link2=Carolina Villagrán |title=Ecología de los bosques nativos de Chile|chapter=Comunidades de mamíferos del bosque templado de Chile|location=Santiago de Chile |publisher=[[Editorial Universitaria]] |pages=113–134 |isbn=9561112841 |language=es|trans-chapter=Mammalian communities of Chilean temperate forests}}</ref>

The [[slender-billed parakeet]] (''Enicognathus leptorhynchus'') is endemic.<ref name = eol/> Near-endemic and limited-range birds include the [[Chilean pigeon]] (''Patagioenas araucana''), [[Black-throated huet-huet]] (''Pteroptochos tarnii''), [[Chucao tapaculo]] (''Scelorchilus rubecula''), and [[Ochre-flanked tapaculo]] (''Eugralla paradoxa'').<ref name = birdlife>BirdLife International (2023). [http://datazone.birdlife.org/eba/factsheet/76 Endemic Bird Areas factsheet: Chilean temperate forests]. Accessed 4 March 2023.</ref> Hummingbirds are common in the Valdivian forests because of the presence of plants like the ''[[Aristotelia chilensis|maqui]]'' (''Aristotelia chilensis'') and the ''[[copihue]]''.