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The gray brocket (Mazama gouazoubira), also known as the brown brocket, is a species of brocket deer [2] from northern Argentina, Bolivia, southern Peru, eastern and southern Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. It formerly included the Amazonian brown brocket (M. nemorivaga) [3] and sometimes also the Yucatan brown brocket (Odocoileus pandora) as ...
The Amazonian brown brocket (Mazama nemorivaga), also known as the small brown brocket, is a small species of deer that is almost entirely restricted to South America. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Distribution and habitat
Among other features, the Yucatan brown brocket differs from both the red brocket and the gray brocket in the shape and measurements of the skull and antlers. [2] It also differs from the Central American red brocket (M. temama) which is locally sympatric with the Yucatan brown brocket, in its gray-brown, rather than overall reddish, color.
Ibis, toucan, jaguar among those spotted by Helen Blazis' safari group through the Pantanal of Brazil
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population Amazonian brown brocket. M. nemorivaga (F. Cuvier, 1817) Northern and central South America: Size: 75–100 cm (30–39 in) long, plus 6–11 cm (2–4 in) tail; 50 cm (20 in) tall at shoulder [24] Habitat: Forest and shrubland [25]
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 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).
Yucatan brown brocket: Yucatán Peninsula (Mexico, Guatemala, Belize) Odocoileus virginianus: White-tailed deer: throughout most of the continental United States, southern Canada, Mexico, Central America, and northern portions of South America as far south as Peru and Bolivia. [5]