Mazama

Mazama americana

For the journal named Mazama, see ISSN 0275-6226.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cervoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Cladus: Pan-Euungulata Mirordo: Euungulata Cladus: Paraxonia Ordo: Artiodactyla Cladus: Artiofabula Cladus: Cetruminantia Cladus: Ruminantiamorpha Subordo: Ruminantia Infraordo: Pecora Superfamilia: Cervoidea

Familia: Cervidae
Subfamilia: Capreolinae
Tribus: Odocoileini
Genus: Mazama
Species (8): M. americana – M. jucunda – M. nanus – M. reperticia – M. rufa – M. temama – M. tschudii – M. zetta

Name

Mazama Rafinesque, 1817: 363

• Type species: Mazama pita Rafinesque, 1817, by subsequent designation.

References

Primary references

• Rafinesque, C.S. 1817. New Species of Mammifers in the Notes to the (Tableau methodique des Mammiferes) Methodical Picture of the Mammiferes, by D. Desmarest, in the 24th and last volume of the French New Dictionary of Natural History. American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review 1(5): pg. 363. Online. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Escobedo-Morales, L.A., Mandujano, S., Eguiarte, L.E., Rodríguez-Rodríguez, M.A. & Maldonado, J.E. 2016. First phylogenetic analysis of mesoamerican brocket deer Mazama pandora and Mazama temama (Cetartiodactyla: Cervidae) based on mitochondrial sequences: implications on neotropical deer evolution. Mammalian Biology 81(3): 303–313. DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2016.02.003 Reference page. 
• Gutiérrez, E.E., Helgen, K.M., McDonough, M.M., Bauer, F., Hawkins, M.T.R., Escobedo-Morales, L.A., Patterson, B.D. & 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 Reference page. 
• Cifuentes-Rincón, A., Donoso, J.A., Sandoval, E.D.P., Tomazella, I.M., Mantellatto, A.M.B., de Thoisy, B. & Duarte, J.M.B. 2020. Designation of a neotype for Mazama americana (Artiodactyla, Cervidae) reveals a cryptic new complex of brocket deer species. ZooKeys 958: 143–164. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.958.50300 Reference page. 
• Peres, P.H.F., Luduvério, D.J., Bernegossi, A.M., Galindo, D.J., Nascimento, G.B., Oliveira, M.L., Sandoval, E.D.P., Vozdova, M., Kubickova, S., Cernohorska, H. & Duarte, J.M.B. 2021. Revalidation of Mazama rufa (Illiger 1815) (Artiodactyla: Cervidae) as a distinct species out of the complex Mazama americana (Erxleben 1777). Frontiers in Genetics 12: 1–18. DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2021.742870 Reference page. 
• Sandoval, E.D.P., Rola, L.D., Morales-Donoso, J.A., Gallina, S., Reyna-Hurtado, R. & Duarte, J.M.B. 2022. Integrative analysis of Mazama temama (Artiodactyla: Cervidae) and designation of a neotype for the species. Journal of Mammalogy 103(2): 447–458. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyab169 Reference page. 
• Bernegossi, A.M., Borges, C.H.S., Sandoval, E.D.P., Cartes, J.L., Cernohorska, H., Kubickova, S., Vozdova, M., Caparroz, R., González, S. & Duarte, J.M.B. 2023. Resurrection of the genus Subulo Smith, 1827 for the gray brocket deer, with designation of a neotype. Journal of Mammalogy 104(3): 619–633. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyac068 Reference page. 
• Escobedo-Morales, L.A., Castañeda-Rico, S., Mandujano, S., León-Paniagua, L., Martínez-Meyer, E. & 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 Reference page. 
• Sandoval, E.D.P., Hernández-Guevara, J.E., Bernegossi, A.M., Peres, P.H.F., Caparroz, R. & 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 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• Deutsch: Spießhirsche
• English: Brockets
• español: Corzuelas
• suomi: Piikkohirvet
• français: Daguets
• magyar: Nyársasszarvasok
• Nederlands: Spiesherten
• Türkçe: Kariyaku