Mazama tschudii

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: Mazama tschudii

Name

Mazama tschudii (Wagner, 1855)

Neotype: MHNC008-My, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected on 22 January 2020. [designated by Sandoval et al. (2025: 41)]
Type locality: “La Ramada, Salas District, Lambayeque Province, Peru, at an altitude of 1,510 meters above sea level (6°24'57"S, 79°43'1"W)” via neotype designation.

Combinations

Cervus tschudii Wagner, 1855: 386 [original combination]
Doryceros tschudii: Fitzinger, 1873: 360 [subsequent combination]
Mazama tschudii: Lydekker, 1898: 305 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

Wagner, J.A. 1855. Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen von Dr. Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber. Supplementband. Fünfte Abtheilung: Die Affen, Zahnlücker, Beutelthiere, Hufthiere, Insektenfresser und Handflügler. T.O. Weigel: Leipzig. xxvi + 810 pp., pls. 1–51. BHL 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

English: Peruvian Brown Brocket