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Mazama americana  (Erxleben, 1777)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 625067

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): red brocket [English]
  
    South American Red Brocket [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifčres, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderArtiodactyla Owen, 1848 – artiodactyls, porco do mato, veado, cloven-hoofed ungulates, even-toed ungulates  
                                  FamilyCervidae Goldfuss, 1820 – cervids, caribou, deer, moose, wapiti  
                                     SubfamilyCapreolinae Brookes, 1828  
                                        GenusMazama Rafinesque, 1817 – brockets  
                                           SpeciesMazama americana (Erxleben, 1777) – red brocket, South American Red Brocket  
    Direct Children:  
                                              SubspeciesMazama americana americana (Erxleben, 1777)  
                                              SubspeciesMazama americana carrikeri Hershkovitz, 1959  
                                              SubspeciesMazama americana gualea J. A. Allen, 1915  
                                              SubspeciesMazama americana jucunda Thomas, 1913  
                                              SubspeciesMazama americana rosii Lönnberg, 1919  
                                              SubspeciesMazama americana rufa (Illiger, 1815)  
                                              SubspeciesMazama americana sarae Thomas, 1925  
                                              SubspeciesMazama americana sheila Thomas, 1913  
                                              SubspeciesMazama americana trinitatis J. A. Allen, 1915  
                                              SubspeciesMazama americana whitelyi (Gray, 1873)  
                                              SubspeciesMazama americana zamora J. A. Allen, 1915  
                                              SubspeciesMazama americana zetta Thomas, 1913  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Peter Grubb   
  Notes: 35 Downhills Park Road, London N17 6PE, England   
  Reference for: Mazama americana    
       
  Other Source(s):    
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  Notes:    
  Reference for:    
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.   
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Mazama americana   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Mazama americana   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole   
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Mammals of the World   
  Page(s): xiv + 204   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-383-3   
  Notes: With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer   
  Reference for: Mazama americana, red brocket [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Caribbean  
    South America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Status: IUCN - Data Deficient  
    Comments: 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)  
 

 

    


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