Blastocerus dichotomus (Illiger 1815)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 637-722 : 654

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scientific name	Blastocerus dichotomus (Illiger 1815)
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[Cervus] dichotomus Illiger 1815 , Abh. Phys. Klasse K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., 1804-1811: 117.

Type Locality: No locality given; based on the gouazoupoukou of Azara; restricted to Paraguay, Lake Ypoá, south of Asuncion (Cabrera, 1961:329).

Vernacular Names: Marsh Deer.

Distribution: N Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil (S of Amazon River), Paraguay, E Peru, and Uruguay.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Critically Endangered (Paraná Brazilian Basin subpopulation), Endangered (Delta del Paraná subpopulation), otherwise Vulnerable.

Discussion: Reviewed by Pinder and Grosse (1991, Mammalian Species, 380).