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The dwarf brocket (Mazama chunyi), or chunyi, is a small species of deer [2] native to the Andean highlands in western Bolivia and southeastern Peru, where it is found in forest and páramo. Its pelage is reddish-brown with dark grey foreparts and neck. The underparts are lighter brown, and the muzzle short and thick. It weighs around 11 kg. [3]
Depending on species, brocket deer are small to medium-sized with stout bodies and large ears. The head-and-body length is 60–144 cm (24–57 in), the shoulder height is 35–80 cm (14–31 in), and the typical weight 8–48 kg (18–106 lb), though exceptionally large M. americana specimens have weighed as much as 65 kg (143 lb).
The little red brocket or swamp brocket (Mazama rufina), also known as the Ecuador red brocket, [2] is a small, little-studied deer native to the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador and northern Peru, where found in forest and páramo at altitudes between 1,400 and 3,600 metres (4,600 and 11,800 ft). [1] It is one of the smallest brocket deer.
Small red brocket or bororo (M. bororo) Dwarf brocket (M. chunyi) Pygmy brocket (M. nana) Merida brocket (M. bricenii) Little red brocket (M. rufina) American red brocket (M. americana) (This species has found to be closer to Odocoileus than other brockets.) [6] Ecuador red brocket (Mazama gualea, considered by some authorities to be a ...
Mazama (brocket deer) deer: Nahuatl: From mazame, the plural of mazatl "deer". [159] Mazama bororo (small red brocket) deer: Bororo: Named after the Bororo people: Mazama chunyi (dwarf brocket) [citation needed] Mazama gouazoubira gray brocket: deer: Guarani: The specific name comes from guazú-birá ("small deer"), the name of the animal among ...
The pygmy brocket (Mazama nana) is a brocket deer species from South America. [2] It is found in southern Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. [3] It is a small deer with short legs, weighing 15 to 20 kilograms (33 to 44 lb). It is reddish-brown in color. This species is sometimes considered a subspecies of Mazama rufina.
The genus Pudu was first erected by English naturalist John Edward Gray in 1850. Pudua was a Latinized version of the name proposed by Alfred Henry Garrod in 1877, but was ruled invalid.
The small red brocket (Mazama bororo) is a small species of brocket deer in the family Cervidae. [2] It is endemic to Atlantic Forest in Paraná, Santa Catarina and São Paulo in southeastern Brazil. This species, which only was scientifically described in 1996, is threatened by habitat loss. [1]