Little red brocket Mazama rufina Vulnerable
Where the little red brocket lives – recorded in 2 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.
Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 3,326 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See deer on the world map
Where does the little red brocket live?
Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the little red brocket in 2 countries and territories across South America.
Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.
Is the little red brocket endangered?
The little red brocket’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Vulnerable” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the little red brocket?
The little red brocket (Mazama rufina) is a mammal in the order Artiodactyla and the family Cervidae, genus Mazama. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)
About the little red brocket
The little red brocket or swamp brocket (Andinocervus rufinus), also known as the Ecuador red brocket, is a small, little-studied deer native to the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador and northern Peru, where found in forest and páramo at altitudes between 1,400 and 3,600 metres (4,600 and 11,800 ft). It is one of the smallest brocket deer. The coat is reddish, and the legs and crown are blackish. It was previously assigned to the genus Mazama, and as recently as 1999, some authorities included both the pygmy brocket (M. nana) and Merida brocket (M. bricenii) as subspecies of the little red brocket.
The little red brocket may have formed an important part of the diet of the people of the Pleistocene Las Vegas culture.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Little red brocket (revision 1371046018), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1994246 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).
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