| The pudu, the smallest deer in the world, is another inhabitant of the reserve. |
| Whereas the southern pudu is more uniformly dark chestnut-brown, the northern form is light but has a very dark face in both sexes. |
| The smell of incense and sandalwood pervades the air as one walks into the Pudu Mandapam, opposite the Meenakshi Sundareswar Temple. |
| The pudu is very secretive and little is known about it in the wild. |
