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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).
Little red brocket. M. rufina (Bourcier, Pucheran, 1852) Northern Andes mountains: Size: About 78 cm (31 in) long, plus 8 cm (3 in) tail; about 45 cm (18 in) tall at shoulder [30] Habitat: Forest, shrubland, and grassland [31] Diet: Herbs as well as other plants [31] VU Unknown [31] Mérida brocket. M. bricenii Thomas, 1908: Northern Andes ...
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Gray brocket; L. Little red brocket; M. Mérida brocket; P. Pygmy brocket; R. Red brocket; S. Small red brocket This page was last edited on 22 May 2022, at 07: ...
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 ]
J. E. Gray, 1821: Families Bovidae; Moschidae; Bovoidea is a superfamily of pecoran ruminants containing the Bovidae and Moschidae. The Bovoidea today is defined in ...
The hair is coarse and grey-brown over most of the body, fading to yellowish buff on the underparts, with a distinct reddish-brown patch on the rump, and a ridge of darker hair running down the spine. During winter, the coat is paler, and about twice as thick as during the summer, being thicker even than that of a moose. The head is darker than ...