Mazama americana

(Erxleben, 1777)

Northwestern Red Brocket

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Ruminantia
Infraorder : Pecora
Family : Cervidae
Subfamily : Capreolinae
Tribe : Odocoileini
Genus : Mazama

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Erxleben, J.C.P. 1777. Systema regni animalis per classes, ordines, genera, species, varietates cum synonymia et historia animalium. Classis I. Mammalia. Impensis Weygandianis, Leipzig, 636 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873121

Original name as described

Moschus americanus

Other common names

Red Brocket · Common Red Brocket

Type material

NUPECCE 079

Type kind

neotype

Type locality

Cayenne (French Guiana). Restricted by Cifuentes-Rincon et al., 2020 to "Régina, French Guiana Collection point coordinates: 4°19'52"N, 52°07'22"W."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Venezuela · Ecuador · Peru · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Brazil · Trinidad and Tobago

Taxonomy notes

previously included the name jucunda, which is now used for the species previously known as M. bororo, and previously included M. rufa; includes gualea, trinitatis, whitelyi, zamora, zetta, which were recognized as distinct in Groves & Grubb 2011; for additional information regarding the MDD's decision to not follow the Groves & Grubb 2011 Ungulate Taxonomy, see 'Subjective decisions' on the 'About' tab

Taxonomy notes citation

Groves, C. P. & Grubb, P. 2011. Ungulate taxonomy. The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland. · Mantellatto, A. M. B., González, S., & Duarte, J. M. B. (2021). Cytochrome b sequence of the Mazama americana jucunda Thomas, 1913 holotype reveals Mazama bororo Duarte, 1996 as its junior synonym. Genetics and Molecular Biology, 45(1), e20210093. · Peres, P. H., Luduvério, D. J., Bernegossi, A. M., Galindo, D. J., Nascimento, G. B., Oliveira, M. L., ... & Duarte, J. M. B. (2021). Revalidation of Mazama rufa (Illiger 1815)(Artiodactyla: Cervidae) as a distinct species out of the complex Mazama americana (Erxleben 1777). Frontiers in genetics, 12, 742870.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006292

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Mazama americana juruana

J. A. Allen, 1915

Family

Cervidae

Root name

juruana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-30624

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-30624

Authority page

537

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62719906

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Allen (1915:537, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62719906) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16019)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  3. Groves & Grubb (2011:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Mazama fuscata

J. A. Allen, 1915

Family

Cervidae

Root name

fuscata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-34267

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-34267

Authority page

545

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62719914

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Allen (1915:545, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62719914) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16019)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  3. Groves & Grubb (2011:78) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Mazama gualea

J. A. Allen, 1915

Family

Cervidae

Root name

gualea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-36473

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-36473

Authority page

545

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62719914

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Allen (1915:545, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62719914) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16019)
  2. Groves & Grubb (2011:78) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:unnumbered) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000617) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

Mazama zamora

J. A. Allen, 1915

Family

Cervidae

Root name

zamora

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-36581

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-36581

Authority page

546

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62719915

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Allen (1915:546, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62719915) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16019)
  2. Groves & Grubb (2011:78) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:unnumbered) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000627) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

Mazama trinitatis

J. A. Allen, 1915

Family

Cervidae

Root name

trinitatis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH MO-5939, AMNH MS-7545

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-7545

Authority page

532

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62719901

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Allen (1915:532, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62719901) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16019)
  2. Groves & Grubb (2011:78) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:unnumbered) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000624) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

Homelaphus inornatus

(J. E. Gray, 1872)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

inornata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1851.8.29.7

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9e449768-bb28-4c50-81ed-87545e7684af

Authority page

90

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707857

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

  1. Gray (1872:90, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707857) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38721)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  3. Groves & Grubb (2011:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Cervus (—?) Whitelyi

(J. E. Gray, 1873)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

whitelyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1873.6.27.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6d8f8380-5ee8-43d8-9a2c-61b71e5616a1

Authority page

163

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19214224

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Mazama zetta

O. Thomas, 1913

Family

Cervidae

Root name

zetta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1878.8.31.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8973ad8e-2011-46c4-afe2-9faf162c9a29

Authority page

586

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18636147

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1913:586, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18636147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16427)
  2. Allen (1915:544, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62719913) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16019)
  3. Groves & Grubb (2011:78) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:unnumbered) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000628) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

Mazama sheila

O. Thomas, 1913

Family

Cervidae

Root name

sheila

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1913.4.24.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/bd3f48e3-0644-4a06-8005-698a389581f3

Authority page

587

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18636148

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1913:587, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18636148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16427)
  2. Allen (1915:539, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62719908) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16019)
  3. Groves & Grubb (2011:79) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Mazama sarae

O. Thomas, 1925

Family

Cervidae

Root name

sarae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1925.2.1.77

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c0497c0b-a6dd-4868-9738-df6923ea97b8

Authority page

581

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Moschus americanus

(Erxleben, 1777)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

americana

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NUPECCE 079

Type kind

neotype

Authority page

324

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873121

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Erxleben (1777:324, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)

Mazama americana carrikeri

Hershkovitz, 1959

Family

Cervidae

Root name

carrikeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:282137

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/30466fbac-82f5-46e6-a815-f798b9aaecad

Authority page

93

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34641872

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  2. Groves & Grubb (2011:78) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Mazama americana

O. Thomas, 1913

Family

Cervidae

Root name

americana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

585

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18636146

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1913:585, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18636146) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16427)
  2. Allen (1915:533, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62719902) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16019)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:322) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:441) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  7. Groves & Grubb (2011:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #29619) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #29619) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006292) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/29619/22154827) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Mazama americana americana

J. A. Allen, 1915

Family

Cervidae

Root name

americana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

533

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62719902

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Allen (1915:533, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62719902) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16019)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

baralou

Grubb, 2005

Family

Cervidae

Root name

baralou

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

655

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Grubb (2005:655) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Mazama americana gualea

Grubb, 2005

Family

Cervidae

Root name

gualea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Mazama americana sarae

Grubb, 2005

Family

Cervidae

Root name

sarae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Mazama americana sheila

Grubb, 2005

Family

Cervidae

Root name

sheila

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Mazama americana trinitatis

Grubb, 2005

Family

Cervidae

Root name

trinitatis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Mazama americana whitelyi

Grubb, 2005

Family

Cervidae

Root name

whitelyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Mazama americana zamora

Grubb, 2005

Family

Cervidae

Root name

zamora

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Mazama americana zetta

Grubb, 2005

Family

Cervidae

Root name

zetta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Mazama whitelyi

Groves & Grubb, 2011

Family

Cervidae

Root name

whitelyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

76

Authority publication

book

Name usages

  1. Groves & Grubb (2011:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:unnumbered) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000626) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

Moschus delicatulus

(G. K. Shaw, 1792)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

delicatula

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

149

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29568557

Authority publication

London

Cervus Barallou

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

barallou

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

304

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664330

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Cervus Cuguete

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

cuguete

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

303

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664329

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Cervus nemorosus

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

nemorosa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

304

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664330

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Moschus delicatulus

(G. K. Shaw, 1801)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

delicatulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

subsequent_usage

Authority page

259

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19632767

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Cervus dolichurus

(J. A. Wagner, 1844)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

dolichura

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

389

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31059204

Authority publication

Erlangen

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Mazama americana juruna

M. A. Lawrence, 1993

Family

Cervidae

Root name

juruna

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

166

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

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