Pygmy Brocket

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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 0226207218