Central American red brocket

Central American red brocket
Male at Phoenix Zoo.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Subfamily: Capreolinae
Genus: Mazama
Species:
M. temama
Binomial name
Mazama temama
(Kerr, 1792)
Subspecies

M. temama temama (nominate)
M. temama cerasina
M. temama reperticia

The Central American or Mexican red brocket (Mazama temama), as it is sometimes called, is a species of brocket deer native to Mexico, Central America, and northern Colombia.

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