Mazama temama

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cervoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia 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 Superclassis: 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: Mazama temama

Mazama temama (Kerr, 1792)

Holotype: not designated. [based on Hernand. hist. nat. mexic. p. 325]
Neotype: NUPECCE 094, subadult ♂, skin, skull and skeleton. [designated by Sandoval et al. (2022: 455)]
Type locality: not cited, restricted to “Mirador, Vera Cruz” by Hershkovitz (1951), redesignated by neotype designation to “municipality of Zongolica in Veracruz, in a location called San José Acualco, coordinates 18°38′53″N and 96°56′57″W, 45.7 km away from the type location, city of Mirador in the state of Veracruz, Mexico”.

Kerr, R. 1792. The animal kingdom or zoological system, of the celebrated Sir Charles Linnaeus. Class I. Mammalia. A. Strahan and T. Cadell: London; W. Creech: Edinburgh. XII + 30 unnumbered + 1–400 pp. BHL 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.

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.