Mazama chunyi

Hershkovitz, 1959

South Andean 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

Hershkovitz, P. 1959-05-01. A new species of South American brocket, genus Mazama (Cervidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 72:45-54.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34641786

Original name as described

Mazama chunyi

Other common names

Peruvian Dwarf Brocket · Andean Brocket · Common Dwarf Brocket · Dwarf Red Brocket

Type material

AMNH M-73098

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-73098

Type locality

Cocapunco, Cordillera Real (Bolivia).

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Peru · Bolivia

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006294

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 chunyi

Hershkovitz, 1959

Family

Cervidae

Root name

chunyi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-73098

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-73098

Authority page

45

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34641786

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:322) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:443) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  5. Groves & Grubb (2011:82) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12913) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12913) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006294) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12913/22165860) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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