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Mazama (brocket deer)

Osteichthyes - Cervidae

Taxonomy
Mazama was named by Rafinesque (1817). It is extant.

It was assigned to Odocoileini by Hershkovitz (1982); to Odocoileini by Grubb (2000); to Cervidae by Cisneros (2005), Salles et al. (2006); and to Odocoileinae by Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1817Mazama Rafinesque
1982Mazama Hershkovitz p. 8
2000Mazama Grubb p. 302
2005Mazama Cisneros p. 250
2006Mazama Salles et al. p. 8
2008Mazama Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 978 figs. FIg. 5

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

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.

G. Mazama Rafinesque 1817 [brocket deer]
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Mazama americana Erxleben 1777 [red brocket]
Mazama bororo Duarte 1996 [small red brocket deet]
Mazama bricenii Thomas 1908 [Merida brocket deer]
Mazama chunyi Hershkovitz 1959
Mazama nana Hensel 1872 [pygmy brocket deer]
Mazama nemorivaga Cuvier 1817 [Amazonian brown brocket deer]
Mazama pandora Merriam 1901 [Yucatan brocket deer]
Mazama rufina Pucheran 1851
Mazama temama Kerr 1792 [Central American red brocket]
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Invalid names: Mazama tema Rafinesque 1817 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-09-22 12:03:17
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lujanian to the top of the Holocene or 0.40000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.21 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan - Irvingtonian4.7 - 0.21El Salvador Mazama sp. (70118)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Brazil (Ceara) Mazama sp. (71301 71302 236300)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Brazil (Espirito Santo) Mazama americana (71293)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Brazil (Sao Paulo) Mazama americana (71297)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Brazil (Paraiba) Mazama sp. (71298)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul) Mazama sp. (92814)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Brazil (Piauí) Mazama sp. (211633)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Mazama sp. (211820)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Brazil (Sao Paulo) Mazama sp. (147815)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Brazil (Bahia) Mazama sp. (71295)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Colombia Mazama sp. (71291)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Argentina (Corrientes) Mazama sp. (71289)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Peru (Piura) Mazama sp. (145500)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Piauí) Mazama sp. (211632)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela (Zulia) Mazama sp. (63515)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru Mazama andina (71296)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Mato Grosso) Mazama sp. (136521)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Guatemala (Guatemala City) Mazama sp. (71294)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Guatemala (Peten) Mazama sp. (71312)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Piaui) Mazama sp. (71332 71334 71335)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Minas Gerais) Mazama americana (212719)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Panama Mazama americana (21691)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina (Santiago del Estero) Mazama sp. (187627)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Sao Paulo) Mazama sp. (71269)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Districto Agropecura) Mazama americana (21687)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Peru Mazama americana (21689)