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The scientific name of the gray brocket deer comes from Félix de Azara's gouazoubira.Azara was the first to provide a quality description of the small deer in the Americas, and he referred to the red brocket as gouazoupita, while he referred to the gray brocket as gouazoubira, which has been maintained in the current species name, Mazama gouazoubira.
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).
Dwarf brocket. M. chunyi Hershkovitz, 1959: Central Andes mountains: Size: About 70 cm (28 in) long; about 38 cm (15 in) tall at shoulder [27] Habitat: Forest, shrubland, and grassland [28] Diet: Fruit and shrubs [28] VU Unknown [28] Gray brocket. M. gouazoubira (Fischer von Waldheim, 1814)
The Mérida brocket (Mazama bricenii), also known as the Meroia brocket or rufous brocket, [2] [3] is a small species of deer. It is found in forest and páramo at altitudes of 1,000–3,500 metres (3,300–11,500 ft) in the Andes of northern Colombia and western Venezuela . [ 2 ]
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Gray brocket (M. gouazoubira) Northern Venezuelan brocket (M. cita, considered by some authorities to be a subspecies of M. gouazoubira) Ecuador brocket (M. murelia, considered by some authorities to be a subspecies of M. gouazoubira) Isla San Jose brocket (M. permira, considered by some authorities to be a subspecies of M. gouazoubira)
The taruca is a medium-sized deer with a heavy body. It measures 128 to 146 cm (50 to 57 in) from head to rump, with an 11 to 13 cm (4.3 to 5.1 in) tail, and stands 69 to 80 cm (27 to 31 in) tall at the shoulder.
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