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 | | The fauna of the ecoregion is similarly unique, and includes species such as the pudú (Pudu pudu), the world’s smallest deer; the monito del monte (Dromiciops gliroides), an ancient marsupial; the huillín (Lontra provocax) or river otter; the Darwin´s fox (Pseudolopex fulvipes); and the Darwin’s frog (Rhinoderma darwini) among many others. |
 | | The Valdivian Ecoregion is a narrow band of forest that runs along the western shore of the continent, separated for millions of years from other forests by the Pacific Ocean, the Andes mountain range, the Patagonian Steppe, and the Atacama Desert. |
 | | Other threatened species include almost all native freshwater fish, whose historical populations have dropped drastically, and the marsupial monito del monte (Dromiciops gliroides). |
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