Mazama rufina

(Pucheran, 1851)

North 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

Rev. Mag. Zool. Paris, 3, 561

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2321615

Original name as described

Cervus rufinus

Other common names

Ecuador Red Brocket · Little Red Brocket · Swamp Brocket · Mérida Brocket

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1851-61 (= MNHN Gallery 293-533)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Lloa Valley, Pichincha (Ecuador).

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Venezuela · Colombia · Ecuador · Peru

Taxonomy notes

recent phylogenetic studies have suggested that M. bricenii be included in M. rufina as a synonym, although it has not been widely accepted, it is accepted here for the time being

Taxonomy notes citation

Gutiérrez, E. E., Maldonado, J. E., Radosavljevic, A., Molinari, J., Patterson, B. D., Martínez-C, J. M., ... & Helgen, K. M. (2015). The taxonomic status of Mazama bricenii and the significance of the táchira depression for mammalian endemism in the Cordillera de Mérida, Venezuela. PloS one, 10(6), e0129113.

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006298

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 bricenii

O. Thomas, 1908

Family

Cervidae

Root name

bricenii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1908.6.24.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/df392890-abd9-4dc2-b79c-7d3e25e31995

Authority page

349

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62932058

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 (1915:540, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62719909) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16019)
  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 (2011:78) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136301/22165039) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cervus rufinus

(Pucheran, 1851)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

rufina

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1851-61 (= MNHN Gallery 293-533)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

561

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2321615

Authority publication

Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée

Cariacus rufinus

(F. W. True, 1885)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

rufinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

592

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306386

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

True (1885:592, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306386) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

Mazama rufina

O. Thomas, 1913

Family

Cervidae

Root name

rufina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

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 (1915:540, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62719909) (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, 323) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:442) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  7. Groves & Grubb (2011:78) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12914) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12914) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006298) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12914/22165586) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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