HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER ARTIODACTYLA
--> FAMILY Cervidae
--> SUBFAMILY Capreolinae
--> GENUS Mazama
SPECIES Mazama americana
Author: | Erxleben, 1777. | Citation: | Syst. Regni Anim., 1: 324. | Common Name: | South American Red Brocket | Type Locality: | "Habitat in Guiania et Brazilia" and also cited from Surinam; restricted to French Guiana, Cayenne (Cabrera, 1961:335). | Distribution: | N Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, Trinidad, Tobago, and Venezuela. | Status: | IUCN – Data Deficient. | Comments: | Mazama americana tumatumari J. A. Allen, 1915 is a composite based on a skull of Odocoileus virginianus (the lectotype) and a skin of Mazama americana; see Tate (1939). |
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