Andinocervus rufinus

(Pucheran, 1851)

Northern Andean Red Brocket

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Pucheran, J. 1851-12. Note sur une espèce nouvelle de Cerf (Cervus rufinus, Bourc. et Puch.). Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée (2)3:561-563.

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:type:553) (= MNHN "293-533")

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Lloa Valley, Pichincha (Ecuador).

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Venezuela · Colombia · Ecuador · Peru

Taxonomy notes

moved from Mazama to the recently described Andinocervus; recent phylogenetic studies have suggested that bricenii be included in A. 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., Rutter, A.R., Hawkins, M.T.R., García, F.J. and 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. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0129113 · Ramírez-Chaves, H.E., Morales-Martínez, D.M., Cardona-Giraldo, A., Castellanos, O., Ospina, O., Ossa-López, P.A., Rivera-Páez, F.A. and Noguera-Urbano, E.A. 2025. Systematics of the dwarf red brocket, Mazama rufina (Pucheran, 1851) (Mammalia: Artiodactyla: Cervidae), with the description of a new genus. Zootaxa 5711(2):223-240. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5711.2.4

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://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.

Cervus rufinus

(Pucheran, 1851)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

rufinus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1851-61 (= MNHN:type:553) (= MNHN "293-533")

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

561

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée

Name usages

  1. Frantzius (1869:300, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7058643) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72294)
  2. Sclater (1870:116, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28554926) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69149)
  3. Hensel (1872:99, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15561893) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37365)

Subulo rufinus

(Fitzinger, 1874)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

rufinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

360

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8286412

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1874:360, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8286412) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39160)

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 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 (1908:349, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62932058) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35835)
  2. Pocock (1911:964, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31561476) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67432)
  3. Goldman (1913:2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8910642) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11527)
  4. Thomas (1913:586, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18636147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16427)
  5. Lönnberg (1913:34, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6426240) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15431)
  6. Allen (1915:540, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62719909) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16019)
  7. Grubb (1993:390) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69016)
  8. Anderson (1997:371) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
  9. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  10. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:443) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  11. Groves & Grubb (2011:78) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136301/22165039) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Mazama rufinus

(O. Thomas, 1908)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

rufinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

349 (footnote)

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1908:349 (footnote), https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62932058) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35835)

Mazama rufina

(O. Thomas, 1913)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

rufinus

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. Corbet & Hill (1991:129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  6. Grubb (1993:391) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69016)
  7. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:442) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  9. Groves & Grubb (2011:78) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12914) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12914) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006298) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  13. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12914/22165586) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)
  14. Peres & Duarte (2025:549) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69805)

Andinocervus rufinus

Ramírez-Chaves, D. M. Morales-Martínez, Cardona-Giraldo, O. Castellanos, Ospina, Ossa-López, Rivera-Páez, & Noguera-Urbano, 2025

Family

Cervidae

Root name

rufinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

234

Authority publication

Zootaxa

Name usages

Ramírez-Chaves, Morales-Martínez, Cardona-Giraldo, Castellanos, Ospina, Ossa-López, Rivera-Páez & Noguera-Urbano (2025:234) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/71510)

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