Little Red Brocket

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Little Red Brocket
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Suborder: Ruminantia
Family: Cervidae
Genus: Mazama
Species: M. rufina
Binomial name
Mazama rufina
Bourcier & Pucheran, 1852

The Little Red Brocket (Mazama rufina) is a small, little-studied deer native to the Andes. It is one of the smallest Brocket deer. The coat is reddish-brown to gray, with white undersides.[2] The Merioa Brocket is usually treated as a subspecies of the species.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Deer Specialist Group (2000). Mazama rufina. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 10 June 2007.
  2. ^ Walker, Mark (2005). Mazama or Brocket Deer Mazama species. World Deer. Biology Department, Siegen University. Retrieved on 2007-06-10.