Mazama nanus

(Hensel, 1872)

Pygmy Red Brocket

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Artiodactyla
Suborder: Ruminantia
Infraorder: Pecora
Superfamily: Cervoidea
Family: Cervidae
Subfamily: Capreolinae
Tribe: Odocoileini
Genus: Mazama

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Hensel, R. 1872. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Säugethiere Süd-Brasiliens. Buchdrückerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin, 130 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15561893

Original name as described

Cervus nanus

Other common names

Brazilian Dwarf Brocket · Dwarf Red Brocket · Pygmy Brocket · Lesser Brocket · Southern Bororó · Lesser Red Brocket

Type locality

Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil).

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Argentina · Brazil · Paraguay

Taxonomy notes

name changed to match original description because 'nanus' is considered a noun in apposition rather than an adjective, which doesn't change to match the generic gender

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006296

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 6 names and synonyms.

Cervus nanus

P. W. Lund, 1839

Family

Cervidae

Root name

nanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Original type locality

[Lagoa Santa]

Authority page

133

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13602877

Authority publication

Det Kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter

Name usages

Lesson (1842:173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Cervus nanus

Hensel, 1872

Family

Cervidae

Root name

nanus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Original type locality

Rio Grande do Sul

Type locality

Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul.

Authority page

99

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15561893

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Hensel (1872:99, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15561893) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37365)

Mazama rufina nana

Cabrera, 1961

Family

Cervidae

Root name

nana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Original type locality

Río Grande do Sul

Type locality

Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul.

Authority page

341

Authority publication

Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" e Institutio Nacional de Investigación de las Ciencias Naturales

Mazama nana:

Grubb, 1993

Family

Cervidae

Root name

nana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notexplicitlynew · incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

391

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

Grubb (1993:391) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69016)
Grubb (2005:656) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
Groves & Grubb (2011:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #29621) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #29621) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/29621/22154379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)
Peres & Duarte (2025:549) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69805)

nana:

Grubb, 2005

Family

Cervidae

Root name

nana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling · notusedas_valid

Authority page

657

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Grubb (2005:657) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Mazama nanus:

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2011

Family

Cervidae

Root name

nanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notexplicitlynew · name_combination

Authority page

442

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:442) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006296) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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