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Central American Red Brocket

Mazama temama

Classification

Family
Cervidae

The Central American or Mexican red brocket (Mazama temama), as it is sometimes called, is a species of brocket deer native to Mexico, Central America, and northern Colombia. Taxonomy In 1792 Robert Kerr originally described it as a separate species as opposed to a subspecies. It was subsequently treated as a subspecies of the red brocket (Mazama americana) from South America, but its karyotype has 2n = 50, while the latter's was initially described as having 2n = 68–70.

Distribution

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