Mazama americana (Erxleben, 1777)

Oliveira, Marcela Alvares & Calouro, Armando Muniz, 2020, Medium-sized and large mammals of the Cazumbá-Iracema Extractivist Reserve, Acre, Brazil, Check List 16 (1), pp. 127-136 : 131

Mazama americana (Erxleben, 1777) . Red Brocket Figure 2C

Records. Recorded by line transect (09°15.898′S, 068° 58.372′W), opportunistic sightings camera trapping, hunter interviews, and hunting calendar.

Identification. The body is predominantly reddish-brown but varies from light to very dark. The neck is brown which contrasts with the color of the trunk. The flanks are similarly paler colored. There are white blotches at the base of the ears ( Rossi 2000).