Amazonian brown brocket

Amazonian brown brocket
Conservation status
Least Concern(IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Cervidae
Subfamily:	Capreolinae
Genus:	Mazama
Species:	M. nemorivaga
Binomial name
Mazama nemorivaga (F. Cuvier,1817)

TheAmazonian brown brocket(Mazama nemorivaga), also known as thesmall brown brocket,is a small species ofdeerthat is almost entirely restricted toSouth America.

Distribution and habitat

It is known fromPanama(in Isla San José of thePearl Islandsonly;endemicsubspeciesM. n. permira),Colombia,Venezuela,Guyana,Suriname,French Guiana,easternEcuador,easternPeru,Braziland possibly northernBolivia.Habitats it is found in include primarily nonfloodedAmazoniantropical rainforest,and locally alsotropical deciduous forestandxeric shrublands,at altitudes up to 1,500 metres (4,900 ft).However, reports from the latter habitats may actually representM. gouazoubira.

Breeding

Breeding occurs year-round in some areas, with births tending to be concentrated in the rainy season.

Threats

It is threatened bydeforestationand by diseases spread by cattle, but not particularly by hunting.

Taxonomy

It issympatricwith the largerM. americanaover much of its range (the latter tends to have significantly higher population densities), and reportedly also withM. gouazoubirain a few areas. It was considered asubspeciesofM. gouazoubira,with which it isparapatric,until 2000.Under normal viewing conditions it is not easily distinguished fromM. gouazoubira,but unlikeM. americanait is gray-brown overall with paler underparts.

Hybrids withMazama gouazoubira

The occurrence of hybrids between the two species are documented.