Mazama nana Hensel 1872

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 : 656

Mazama nana Hensel 1872

Mazama nana Hensel 1872 , Abh. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., 1872: 99.

Type Locality: Brazil, " Río Grande do Sul ".

Vernacular Names: Southern Bororo.

Distribution: N Argentina, SE Brazil, and E Paraguay.

Conservation: IUCN – Data Deficient ( DSG recommended).

Discussion: Hensel misidentified this species as Cervus rufinus Pucheran , but regarded Cervus nanus Lund as a synonym. The latter name becomes valid from Hensel's description, as Mazama nana (Hensel, 1872) . The name is preooccupied by Cervus † nanus Kaup, 1839 , possibly a junior synonym of † Euprox dicranocerus (Kaup, 1833) , and probably a nomen oblitum. A species distinct from M. rufina according to Czernay (1987). "Bororo" has been used as a vernacular name for M. nana by Czernay (1987) but needs to be qualified in view of the recently described M. bororo .