Mazama chunyi Hershkovitz 1959

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

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scientific name	Mazama chunyi Hershkovitz 1959
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Mazama chunyi Hershkovitz 1959 , Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 72: 45.

Type Locality: "Cocopunco, a site on the eastern slope of the Cordillera Real on the road to Mapiri, La Paz, Bolivia; altitude, about 3200 meters".

Vernacular Names: Dwarf Brocket.

Distribution: Bolivian Andes, S Peru.

Conservation: IUCN – Data Deficient.

Discussion: Prior to 1959 this species was confused with Pudu mephistophiles ; see Hershkovitz (1959 c). Regarded as a subspecies of M. bricenii by Anderson (1997).