Red Brocket

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Red Brocket
Conservation status
Data deficient (DD)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Cervidae Genus: Mazama Species: M. americana
Binomial name
Mazama americana (Erxleben, 1777)

The red brocket or Peruvian red deer (Mazama americana), is a species of brocket deer from South America and from Costa Rica and Panama in Central America. Its body is mostly chestnut in color, with a lighter brown head and neck. The inner thighs and the underside of the tail are white. The male has small antlers.

The red brocket browses on vegetation, preferring fruit when it is available. It is generally solitary and stays in dense jungles. When alarmed, the animal raises its tail to flash the white, and stomps its hoof.

[edit] References

• Deer Specialist Group (2000). Mazama americana. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006.
• Emmons, L.H. (1997). Neotropical Rainforest Mammals, 2nd ed. University of Chicago Press ISBN 0226207218