pygmy brocket
{{Short description|Species of deer}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Pygmy brocket
| image = Mazama nana.jpg
| status = VU
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Mazama
| species = nana
| authority = (Hensel, 1872)
| range_map =Mazama nana distribution.png
| range_map_caption = Pygmy brocket distribution.
{{legend inline|red|Extant|size=70%}} {{legend inline|gold|Possibly extant|size=70%}}
}}
The pygmy brocket (Mazama nana) is a brocket deer species from South America.{{MSW3 Artiodactyla | id = 14200259 | page = }} It is found in southern Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay.Abreu Jr., E.F.; Sühs, R.B.; Putzke, J.; Köhler, A. Ocorrência de Mazama nana Hensel, 1872, no Cinturão Verde de Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Caderno de Pesquisa, série Biologia. Volume 19 (3) 82.2007. Link: http://www.bioline.org.br/abstract?id=cp07018&lang=pt.
It is a small deer with short legs, weighing {{convert|15|to|20|kg|lb}}. It is reddish-brown in color.
This species is sometimes considered a subspecies of Mazama rufina.
Hybrids with [[Mazama americana]]
The occurrence of hybrids between the two species was documented in captivity.{{cite journal |last1=Duarte |first1=J. M. B. |last2=Jorge |first2=W. |title=Morphologic and Cytogenetic Description of the Small Red Brocket (Mazama bororo Duarte,1996) in Brazil |journal=Mammalia |date=1 January 2003 |volume=67 |issue=3 |pages=403–410 |doi=10.1515/mamm.2003.67.3.403 |url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/mamm.2003.67.3.403/html |access-date=22 April 2024|url-access=subscription }}
References
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- Emmons, L.H. (1997). Neotropical Rainforest Mammals, 2nd ed. University of Chicago Press {{ISBN|0-226-20721-8}}
{{Artiodactyla|R.1}}
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