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Mazama americana (red brocket)

Mammalia - Cervidae

Taxonomy
Moschus americanus was named by Erxleben (1777) [spelt Moschum americanum by Erxleben, but this is an inflection of Moschus americanus]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Mazama americana by Hershkovitz (1982) and Jorgenson (1993).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1777Moschus americanus Erxleben p. 317
1982Mazama americana Hershkovitz p. 8
1993Mazama americana Jorgenson p. 73

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
familyCervidae
—Telemetacarpalia
tribeOdocoileini(Pocock 1923)
genusMazamaRafinesque 1817
speciesamericana(Erxleben 1777)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Mazama americana Erxleben 1777 [red brocket]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available