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Northwestern Red Brocket
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Deer, peccaries & tapir

Northwestern Red Brocket

Mazama americana (Erxleben, 1777)

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Names

EnglishNorthwestern Red Brocket
DutchRood Spieshert
SpanishCorzuela colorada
Chinese赤短角鹿
Sranan Tongodia (general name for the group)
Scientific nameMazama americana (Erxleben, 1777)

About this species

The red brocket (Mazama americana) is a species of brocket deer from forests in South America, ranging from northern Argentina to Colombia and the Guianas. It also occurs on the Caribbean island of Trinidad (it also occurred on the island of Tobago until very recent historical times, but has been extirpated there).

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderArtiodactyla
FamilyCervidae
GenusMazama

In Suriname

694Records in Suriname
13iNaturalist observations
1961First record
2026Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Brokopondo510
  • Sipaliwini6
  • Saramacca1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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