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The red brocket (Mazama americana) is a species of brocket deer from forests in South America, ranging from northern Argentina to Colombia and the Guianas. [1] [2] It also occurs on the Caribbean island of Trinidad (it also occurred on the island of Tobago until very recent historical times, but has been extirpated there).
It was treated as a subspecies of the red brocket (Mazama americana) from South America, but its karyotype has 2n = 50, while the latter's was initially described as having 2n = 68–70. [1] However, a more recent description gives the red brocket a variable karyotype with 2n ranging from 48 to 54, suggesting it represents several species. [4]
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 ...
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.
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.
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]
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 subspecies of M. americana) Brazilian red brocket (M. jucunda, considered ...