Pygmy Brocket
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| Mazama nana (Hensl., 1872) |
The Pygmy Brocket, Mazama nana, is a brocket deer species from South America. It is found in Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. It is known locally as the bororò. It is a small deer with short legs, weighing 15 to 20 kilograms. It is reddish-brown in color.
This species is sometimes considered a subspecies of Mazama rufina.
[edit] References
- Deer Specialist Group (2000). Mazama nana. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 10 May 2006.
- Emmons, L.H. (1997). Neotropical Rainforest Mammals, 2nd ed. University of Chicago Press ISBN 0-226-20721-8
