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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).
A member of this family is called a deer or a cervid. They are widespread throughout North and South America, Europe, and Asia, and are found in a wide variety of biomes . Cervids range in size from the 60 cm (24 in) long and 32 cm (13 in) tall pudú to the 3.4 m (11.2 ft) long and 3.4 m (11.2 ft) tall moose .
Brocket deer; C. Central American red brocket ... Gray brocket; L. Little red brocket; M. Mérida brocket; P. Pygmy brocket; R. Red brocket; S. Small red brocket This ...
Different species of brocket deer vary from gray to reddish brown in coat colour. [19] Several species such as the chital, [20] the fallow deer [21] and the sika deer [22] feature white spots on a brown coat. Coat of reindeer shows notable geographical variation. [23]
Marsh deer (B. dichotomus) Genus Hippocamelus. Taruca (H. antisensis) South Andean deer or huemul (H. bisulcus) Genus Mazama. 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 ...
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 Guarani of Paraguay. [79] Mazama temama (Central American red brocket) [citation ...
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).