Mazama nemorivaga

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Ecology: Most of the localities with records of M. nemorivaga are inside the tropical and subtropical broadleaf moist forests biome of Olson et al. (2001), and are related to the Amazon region. From a total of 114 records, 10 are inside the tropical and subtropical broadleaf dry forest biome, and 7 are inside the desert and xeric scrubland biome. The majority of the localities associated with dry or xeric habitats are those referred to M. gouzoubira cita by Bisbal (1991). The taxonomic status of Mazama cita Osgood, 1912 still needs to be thoroughly evaluated.

According to the absence or presence of flooding, the Amazonian rain forests are broadly classified into respectively non-flooded (tierra/terra firme) and seasonally flooded (várzea) forests. Mazama nemorivaga inhabits the non-flooded forests and is rare or absent in the seasonally flooded forests. For example, it does not occur in the Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve in Peru, which covers an area of over 2 million hectares of seasonally flooded várzea forests. However, it is found in the adjacent inter-fluvial upland forests of the Yavari valley (Bodmer 2003).

Reproduction biology of the Amazonian brown brocket deer has been studied by Hurtado-Gonzales (2000) in the northeast Peruvian Amazon. Breeding appeared to be year round , and occurred from January to March, July to October, and December. Births occurred in January, March, April, and from July through October. No twinning was observed and the pregnancy rate was 0.50 pregnant females/total numbers of females. Most of the pregnant females were adults between 1 and 2 years old. In northeast Bolívar, Venezuela, Bisbal (1994) found pregnant females in December, January, and April. Births occurred in July, August, and November, apparently associated with the rainy season .[1].

List of Habitats:

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.5     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     1.6     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland   
  
•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.5     Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     3.6     Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Moist   
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Taxonomy

Notes

Considered a synonym of Mazama gouazoubira (Fischer, 1814) until Rossi (2000) demonstrated that it is a valid species. Wilson and Reeder (2005) include nemorivaga in gouazoubira in error . M. nemorivaga and M. gouazoubira are parapatric species.[1].

Similar Species

Members of the genus Mazama

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 12 species and subspecies in this genus:

M. americana (Red Brocket) · M. americana americana (Red Brocket) · M. bororo (Small Red Brocket) · M. bricenii (M?rida Brocket) · M. chunyi (Peruvian Dwarf Brocket) · M. gouazoubira (Gray Brocket) · M. gouazoupira (Brown Brocket) · M. nana (Brazilian Dwarf Brocket) · M. nemorivaga (Amazonian Brown Brocket) · M. pandora (Yucatan Brown Brocket) · M. rufina (Dwarf Red Brocket) · M. temama (Central American Red Brocket)

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Further Reading

• A naturalist in Brazil; the record of a year's observation of her flora, her fauna, and her people, by Konrad Guenther. .. translated by Bernard Miall. .. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1931. url p. 381.
• Brigham Young University science bulletin. 20 1975 Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, [1955-1976] url p. 68.
• Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. New YorkAmerican Museum of Natural History1881- url p. 22, p. 548, p. 550, p. xi.
• Catalogue of the ungulate mammals in the British Museum (Natural History) by R. Lydekker. London, Printed by order of the Trustees, 1913-16. url p. 209, p. 418.
• Handbook of instructions for collectors, issued by the British Museum (Natural history). With illustrations. London, Printed by order of the Trustees [by Hazell, Watson and Viney, ld.]1906. url p. 15.
• Naturalist's guide to the Americas, prepared by the Committee on the Preservation of Natural Conditions of the Ecological Society of America, with assistance from numerous organizations and individuals, assembled and edited by chairman, Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1926. url p. 659.
• Proceedings of the New England Zoo?logical Club. [Cambridge, Mass.]: The Club, 1899- url p. 113, p. 91.
• Records of big game with their distribution, characteristics, dimensions, weights, and horn & tusk measurements. Edited by R. Lydekker and J. B. Burlace. London, 1914. url p. 111.
• Records of big game, with their distribution, characteristics, dimensions, weights, and horn & tusk measurements. London: R. Ward, limited, 1907. url p. 113.
• Records of big game: with their distribution, characteristics, dimensions, weights, and horn & tusk measurements / by Rowland Ward, F.Z.S. London [England]: Rowland Ward, limited, 1910. url p. 113.
• Records of big game; with the distribution, characteristics, dimensions, weights, and horn & tusk measurements of the different species. London, R. Ward, limited, 1903. url p. 108.
• Zoologica; scientific contributions of the New York Zoological Society. New York. url p. 271.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 4, 2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Rossi, R.V. & Duarte, J.M.B 2008. Mazama nemorivaga. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 02February2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 16, 2007:

• Royal Ontario Museum, Mammal specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 6347559
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14872809
• IUCN ID: 222082
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2142835

Footnotes

1. Rossi, R.V. & Duarte, J.M.B 2008. Mazama nemorivaga. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 02 February 2012. [back]

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