Mazama tschudii
(J. A. Wagner, 1855)
Peruvian 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 | : Mazama |
Species status
Authority citation
Wagner, J.A. 1855. Lieferung 8, Lieferung 9. Pp. 337–432 in Wagner, J.A. Die Säughtiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. Supplementband. Fünfte Abtheilung: Die Affen, Zahnlöser, Beutelthiere, Hufthiere, Insektenfresser und Handflügler. T.D. Weigel, Erlangen, 810 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31544494Original name as described
Cervus Tschudii
Type material
MHNSAAC 008-My
Type kind
neotype
Type locality
Neotype from La Ramada, Salas District, Lambayeque Province, Peru.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Peru
Taxonomy notes
split from Passalites nemorivagus
Taxonomy notes citation
Sandoval, E.D.P., Hernández-Guevara, J.E., Bernegossi, A.M., Peres, P.H.F., Caparroz, R. and Duarte, J.M.B. 2025. Mazama tschudii (Wagner, 1855), forgotten by science, re-emerges as a new genetic lineage of Neotropical deer with a proposed neotype (Artiodactyla, Cervidae). ZooKeys 1265:25-47. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1265.157429
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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