Mazama americana (Erxleben 1777)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 637-722 : 655

Mazama americana (Erxleben 1777)

[Moschus] americanus Erxleben 1777 , Systema Regni Animalis, Vol. 1: 324.

Type Locality: "Habitat in Guiania et Brazilia" and also cited from Surinam; restricted to French Guiana, Cayenne (Cabrera, 1961:335).

Vernacular Names: South American Red Brocket.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Mazama americana subsp. americana Erxleben 1777

Subspecies Mazama americana subsp. carrikeri Hershkovitz 1959

Subspecies Mazama americana subsp. gualea J. A. Allen 1915

Subspecies Mazama americana subsp. jucunda Thomas 1913

Subspecies Mazama americana subsp. rosii Lönnberg 1919

Subspecies Mazama americana subsp. rufa Illiger 1815

Subspecies Mazama americana subsp. sarae Thomas 1925

Subspecies Mazama americana subsp. sheila Thomas 1913

Subspecies Mazama americana subsp. trinitatis J. A. Allen 1915

Subspecies Mazama americana subsp. whitelyi Gray 1873

Subspecies Mazama americana subsp. zamora J. A. Allen 1915

Subspecies Mazama americana subsp. zetta Thomas 1913

Distribution: N Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, Trinidad, Tobago, and Venezuela.

Conservation: IUCN – Data Deficient.

Discussion: 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).