Odocoileus pandora

(C. H. Merriam, 1901)

Yucatan Brown 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: Odocoileus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Merriam, C.H. 1901-07-19. A new brocket from Yucatan. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 14:105-106.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3793090

Original name as described

Mazama pandora

Type material

USNM:MAMM:108273

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36534e23b-3f29-4916-bb6e-01658625fd8e

Type locality

Tunkas, Yucatán (Mexico).

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico · Belize? · Guatemala?

Taxonomy notes

moved from Mazama to Odocoileus based initially on mitochondrial data and some morphological similarties, but recently published nuclear UCE data supports this arrangement as well

Taxonomy notes citation

Gutiérrez, E.E., Helgen, K.M., McDonough, M.M., Bauer, F., Hawkins, M.T.R., Escobedo-Morales, L.A., Patterson, B.D. and Maldonado, J.E. 2017. A gene-tree test of the traditional taxonomy of American deer: the importance of voucher specimens, geographic data, and dense sampling. ZooKeys 697:87-131. doi:10.3897/zookeys.697.15124 · Melletti, M. and Focardi, S. (eds.). Deer of the World. Springer, Cham. · Escobedo-Morales, L.A., Castañeda-Rico, S., Mandujano, S., León-Paniagua, L.S., Martínez-Meyer, E. and Maldonado, J.E. 2025. Mitochondrial genome and ultraconserved elements reveal a species complex within the Central American brocket deer Mazama temama (Artiodactyla: Cervidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 211:108400. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2025.108400

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006301

Country distribution map

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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: 4 names and synonyms.

Mazama pandora

C. H. Merriam, 1901

Family

Cervidae

Root name

pandora

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:108273

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Tunkas, Yucatan.

Type locality

Mexico: Yucatán: 20°53′49″N, 88°44′47″W.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36534e23b-3f29-4916-bb6e-01658625fd8e

Authority page

105

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3793090

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Elliot (1904:80, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2649499) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20601)
Miller (1912:390, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7828495) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11760)
Goldman (1913:2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8910642) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11527)
Allen (1915:551, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62719920) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16019)
Miller (1924:490, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7841578) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39018)
Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:441) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
Groves & Grubb (2011:82) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #29622) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #29622) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/29622/22154219) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Hippocamelus pandora:

D. G. Elliot, 1905

Family

Cervidae

Root name

pandora

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

51

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4465729

Authority publication

Field Columbian Museum, Zoölogical Series

Name usages

Elliot (1905:51, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4465729) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20606)

Mazama gouazoubira pandora:

Hershkovitz, 1951

Family

Cervidae

Root name

pandora

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

567

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2761774

Authority publication

Fieldiana Zoology

Name usages

Hershkovitz (1951:567, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2761774) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37831)
Hall & Kelson (1959:1014) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72300)

Odocoileus pandora:

Peres & Duarte, 2025

Family

Cervidae

Root name

pandora

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

549

Authority publication

Cham

Name usages

Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006301) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
Peres & Duarte (2025:549) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69805)

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