Mazama jucunda

O. Thomas, 1913

Atlantic Forest 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

Thomas, O. 1913-06-01. On certain of the smaller S.-American Cervidæ. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)11(66):585-589.

Original name as described

Mazama americana jucunda

Other common names

São Paulo Bororó · Small Red Brocket

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1903.7.1.103

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Roça Nova, on the Serra do Mar, state of Paraná, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

Taxonomy notes

the name jucunda (previously a synonym of M. americana) was recently shown to represent the same species as bororo; jucunda was described earlier than bororo and represents the oldest name for the species

Taxonomy notes citation

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.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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.

Please send any edits, corrections, or unfilled data (including full citations) to mammaldiversity [at] gmail [dot] com.