NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Common Red Brocket
Mazama americana (Erxleben, 1777)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The red brocket (Mazama americana) is a species of brocket deer from forests in South America, ranging from northern Argentina to Colombia and the Guianas. It also occurs on the Caribbean island of Trinidad (it also occurred on the island of Tobago until very recent historical times, but has been extirpated there).
Wikipedia contributors, Red brocket; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:11:55.949259+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Mazama americana (Erxleben, 1777)
- Name authority
- (Erxleben, 1777)
- Common name
- Common Red Brocket
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Artiodactyla
- Family
- Cervidae
- Genus
- Mazama
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderArtiodactyla Owen, 1848
- familyCervidae Goldfuss, 1820
- subfamilyCapreolinae Brookes, 1828
- tribeOdocoileini Pocock, 1923
- genusMazama Rafinesque, 1817
- speciesMazama americana (Erxleben, 1777)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Mazama. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Central American Red BrocketMazama temama (Kerr, 1792) | CervidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amazonian Brown BrocketMazama nemorivaga (F. Cuvier, 1817) | CervidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Small Red BrocketMazama bororo Duarte, 1996 | CervidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common Dwarf BrocketMazama chunyi Hershkovitz, 1959 | CervidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common Brown BrocketMazama gouazoubira (G. Fischer von Waldheim, 1814) | CervidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser BrocketMazama nanus (Hensel, 1872) | CervidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ecuador Red BrocketMazama rufina (Bourcier & Pucheran, 1852) | CervidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Mazama americana americana (Erxleben, 1777) (Erxleben, 1777) | synonym |
| Mazama americana carrikeri Hershkovitz, 1959 Hershkovitz, 1959 | synonym |
| Mazama americana gualea J. A. Allen, 1915 J. A. Allen, 1915 | synonym |
| Mazama americana jucunda Thomas, 1913 Thomas, 1913 | synonym |
| Mazama americana rosii Lönnberg, 1919 Lönnberg, 1919 | synonym |
| Mazama americana sheila Thomas, 1913 Thomas, 1913 | synonym |
| Mazama americana rufa (Illiger, 1815) (Illiger, 1815) | synonym |
| Mazama americana whitelyi (Gray, 1873) (Gray, 1873) | synonym |
| Mazama americana sarae Thomas, 1925 Thomas, 1925 | synonym |
| Mazama americana trinitatis J. A. Allen, 1915 J. A. Allen, 1915 | synonym |
| Mazama americana zamora J. A. Allen, 1915 J. A. Allen, 1915 | synonym |
| Mazama americana zetta Thomas, 1913 Thomas, 1913 | synonym |
| Moschus americanus Erxleben, 1777 Erxleben, 1777 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
South America
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=625067 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3YJ7P. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.