Merida Brocket

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Meroia Brocket[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Genus: Mazama
Species: M. bricenii
Binomial name
Mazama bricenii
(Thomas, 1908)

The Merida Brocket (Mazama bricenii), also known as the Gray Dwarf Brocket, is a small species of deer. Ranging in the Andes of South America, it has a limited distribution. It was once treated as a subspecies of the Little Red Brocket, but has been considered a distinct species since 1987.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Grubb, Peter (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 656. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.