Ozotoceros bezoarticus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Pampas Deer

Male with antlers in velvet
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Location:USA, TX, Bexar Co., San Antonio Zoological Gardens and AquariumDate taken:UnknownDescription:Male with antlers in velvet

Distribution :

N Argentina, SE Bolivia, Brazil (S of Amazon), Paraguay, and Uruguay.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 994

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033878

Original name as described

Cervus Bezoarticus

Type locality

Pernanbuco (Brazil).

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Argentina · Bolivia · Brazil · Paraguay · Uruguay

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006303

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: 33 names and synonyms.

Cervus Bezoarticus

Linnaeus, 1758

Family

Cervidae

Root name

bezoarticus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

in America australi

Type locality

Brazil: Pernambuco.

Authority page

67

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033878

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

Linnaeus (1758:67, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033878) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57429)

Cervus (Bezoardicus):

E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1780

Family

Cervidae

Root name

bezoardicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

132

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Boddaert (1785:137, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230101) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)

Cervus Cuguapara

Kerr, 1792

Family

Cervidae

Root name

cuguapara

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type locality

Brazil.

Authority page

303

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664329

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Kerr (1792:303, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664329) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Cougoua couété

G. Fischer, 1814

Family

Cervidae

Root name

cougouacouete

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notintendedasascientific_name

Authority page

465

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130550

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Fischer (1814:465, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130550) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)

Cervus Cuguacuete

G. Fischer, 1814

Family

Cervidae

Root name

cuguacuete

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type locality

Paraguay.

Authority page

xvii

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130078

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Fischer (1814:xvii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130078) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)

Cervus leucogaster

Goldfuss, 1817

Family

Cervidae

Root name

leucogaster

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

offenen Felder von Südamerika

Type locality

Paraguay.

Authority page

1127

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42531173

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Cervus campestris:

zu Wied-Neuwied, 1826

Family

Cervidae

Root name

campestris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

583

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32972631

Authority publication

Weimar

Name usages

Wied-Neuwied (1826:583, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32972631) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38741)

Cervus Azarae

Wiegmann, 1833

Family

Cervidae

Root name

azarae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Type locality

Paraguay.

Authority page

954

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13243615

Authority publication

Isis von Oken

Name usages

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

Cervus comosus

J. A. Wagner, 1844

Family

Cervidae

Root name

comosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

Die Heimath des letzteren ist unbekannt, doch vermuthet er Pernambuco, was vor der Hand sehr zweifelhaft scheint.

Type locality

Brazil: Pernambuco.

Authority page

368 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31059183

Authority publication

Erlangen

Name usages

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

Blastocerus campestris:

J. E. Gray, 1852

Family

Cervidae

Root name

campestris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

237

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278781

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Gray (1852:237, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278781) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39016)
Gray (1852:224, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956637) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35535)
Gray (1872:87, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707854) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38721)
Lahille (1899:194, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147060) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)

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