Pygmy brocket
Pygmy brocket | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Cervidae |
Subfamily: | Capreolinae |
Genus: | Mazama |
Species: | M. nana
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Binomial name | |
Mazama nana (Hensel, 1872)
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Pygmy brocket distribution. Extant Possibly extant |
The pygmy brocket (Mazama nana) is a brocket deer species from South America.[2] It is found in southern Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay.[3] It is a small deer with short legs, weighing 15 to 20 kilograms (33 to 44 lb). It is reddish-brown in color.
This species is sometimes considered a subspecies of Mazama rufina.
References
- . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Abreu Jr., E.F.; Sühs, R.B.; Putzke, J.; Köhler, A. Ocorrência de Mazama nana Hensel, 1872, no Cinturão Verde de Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Caderno de Pesquisa, série Biologia. Volume 19 (3) 82.2007. Link: http://www.bioline.org.br/abstract?id=cp07018&lang=pt.
- Emmons, L.H. (1997). Neotropical Rainforest Mammals, 2nd ed. University of Chicago Press ISBN 0-226-20721-8