Small red brocket

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The small red brocket (Mazama bororo) is a small species of brocket deer in the family Cervidae.[2] It is endemic to Atlantic Forest in Paraná, Santa Catarina and São Paulo in southeastern Brazil. This species, which only was scientifically described in 1996, is threatened by habitat loss.[1] Though its size and structure most resemble that of the pygmy brocket (M. nana), its coloration is very similar to that of the red brocket (M. americana).[3] It resembles hybrids between these two species even more closely, but differs from both, and their hybrids, in karyotype.[4]

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Infraclass:Placentalia
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Small red brocket
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Subfamily: Capreolinae
Genus: Mazama
Species:
M. bororo
Binomial name
Mazama bororo
Duarte, 1996
Small red brocket range.

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