NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Small Red Brocket
Mazama bororo Duarte, 1996
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 small red brocket (Mazama bororo) is a small species of brocket deer in the family Cervidae. 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. 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). It resembles hybrids between these two species even more closely, but differs from both, and their hybrids, in karyotype.
Wikipedia contributors, Small red brocket; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:08:50.608878+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Mazama bororo Duarte, 1996
- Name authority
- Duarte, 1996
- Common name
- Small 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 bororo Duarte, 1996
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Common Red BrocketMazama americana (Erxleben, 1777) | CervidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Central American Red BrocketMazama temama (Kerr, 1792) | CervidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amazonian Brown BrocketMazama nemorivaga (F. Cuvier, 1817) | 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 |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
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=898199 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:3YJ7Q. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.