Central American red brocket
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| Central American red brocket | |
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| Conservation status | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Cervidae |
| Genus: | Mazama |
| Species: | M. temama |
| Binomial name | |
| Mazama temama Kerr, 1792 |
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| Subspecies | |
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M. temama temama (nominate) |
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The Central American red brocket, Mazama temama, is a species of brocket deer ranging from southern Mexico, through Central America, to northwestern Colombia.[2] It was formerly treated as a subspecies of the red brocket from South America, but its karyotype has 2n = 50, while the latter's was initially described as having 2n = 68-70.[1] However, a more recent description gives the red brocket a variable karyotype with 2n varying from 48 to 54.[3] It is sympatric with the Yucatan brown brocket over part of its range. The species is found in primary and secondary tropical forest, and is probably threatened by hunting and deforestation.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Bello, J., Reyna, R. & Schipper, J. (2008). Mazama temama. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 19 March 2009.
- ^ Grubb, P. (2005). "Order Artiodactyla". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 657. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Durate, J.M.B., Vogliotti, A. & Barbanti, M. (2008). Mazama americana. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
- Emmons, L.H. (1997). Neotropical Rainforest Mammals, 2nd ed. University of Chicago Press ISBN 0-226-20721-8
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