| Small red brocket | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Cervidae |
| Subfamily: | Capreolinae |
| Genus: | Mazama |
| Species: | M. bororo |
| Binomial name | |
| Mazama bororo Duarte, 1996 | |
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| Small red brocket range. Extant Probably extant | |
Thesmall red brocket (Mazama bororo) is a smallspecies ofbrocket deer in thefamilyCervidae.[2] It isendemic toAtlantic Forest inParaná,Santa Catarina andSão Paulo in southeasternBrazil. This species, which only was scientifically described in 1996, is threatened byhabitat loss.[1] Though its size and structure most resemble that of thepygmy brocket (M. nana), its coloration is very similar to that of thered brocket (M. americana).[3] It resembleshybrids between these two species even more closely, but differs from both, and their hybrids, inkaryotype.[4]
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