罕见降生为濒危鹿种带来希望
📖 逐句对照翻译
Recently, a rare pudu was born in an Argentinian zoo.
近日，阿根廷一家动物园里诞生了一只罕见的小鹿。
The birth has given scientists and conservationists a chance to study and collect data on the small deer.
这次生产让科学家和环保人士有机会研究这种小型鹿并收集相关数据。
Pudus are one of the smallest deer species in the world.
普度鹿是世界上最小的鹿种之一。
They can grow up to 50 centimeters tall and weigh up to 12 kilograms.
它们可以长到50厘米高，体重可达12公斤。
At birth, the white-spotted male pudu weighed just 1.21 kilograms.
出生时，这只带白斑的雄性普度鹿体重仅有1.21公斤。
Workers at the conservation organization Temaiken Foundation named it Lenga after a tree species in the Andean Patagonian Forest of Chile and Argentina.
保护组织特迈肯基金会的工作人员以智利和阿根廷安第斯巴塔哥尼亚森林中的一种树种将其命名为“伦加”。
"It's a very enigmatic animal. It's not easy to see," said Maximiliano Krause.
马克西米利亚诺·克劳斯说：“这是一种非常神秘的动物，不容易见到。”
He is Lenga's caretaker at the nonprofit organization.
他是这家非营利组织里伦加的看护人。
Krause says Lenga is spending his days exploring the park with his mother, Chalten, and father, Nicolino.
克劳斯说，伦加每天与母亲查尔滕和父亲尼科利诺一起探索公园。
Lenga is breastfeeding for the first two months until he can eat plants on his own.
伦加在头两个月进行母乳喂养，直到他能自己吃植物为止。
After that, Lenga will lose his white spots and the spotty skin color that helps small deer hide from both daytime and nighttime predators.
在那之后，伦加会失去它的白斑以及帮助小鹿躲避昼夜捕食者的斑点皮毛颜色。
At about one year, pudus develop antlers and reach up to 10 centimeters.
大约一岁时，普度鹿会长出鹿角，长度可达10厘米。
Pudus are very elusive animals.
普度鹿是非常难以捉摸的动物。
In other words, they are hard to find and difficult to see in the wild.
换句话说，它们在野外很难找到，也很难被发现。
When chased by predators, they escape in a zig-zag manner.
当被捕食者追赶时，它们会以之字形方式逃跑。
The small deer also face threats from wild dogs and species introduced into southern Argentina and Chile.
小型鹿群还面临来自野狗以及被引入阿根廷南部和智利的物种的威胁。
Only about 10,000 pudus remain in the wild.
野外仅存约1万只普度鹿。
They are classified as near-threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
它们被国际自然保护联盟（IUCN）列为近危物种。
"This pudu birth is obviously a joy for us," said Cristian Guillet.
克里斯蒂安·吉列特说：“这只普度鹿的出生显然让我们感到非常高兴。”
He is the director of zoological operations at the Temaiken Foundation.
他是特迈肯基金会动物运营总监。
Guillet said that Lenga will help them research and gather data that will help conservation efforts for pudus and other Patagonian deer, like the huemul.
吉耶表示，伦加将帮助他们研究和收集数据，这些数据将有助于对普度鹿和其他巴塔哥尼亚鹿（如智利马驼鹿）的保护工作。
"(This) offers hope of saving them from extinction," Guillet said.
吉耶表示：“这为拯救它们免于灭绝带来了希望。”
I’m Anna Matteo.
我是安娜·马特奥。
Lucila Sigal and Alexander Villegas reported this story for Reuters.
露西拉·西格尔和亚历山大·维勒加斯为路透社报道了这一故事。
Anna Matteo adapted it for VOA Learning English.
安娜·马特奥为VOA英语学习频道改编了此内容。
