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Mazama nana Hensel 1872

Description

Mazama nana Hensel 1872

Mazama nana Hensel 1872, Abh. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., 1872: 99.

Type Locality: Brazil, " Río Grande do Sul ".

Vernacular Names: Southern Bororo.

Distribution: N Argentina, SE Brazil, and E Paraguay.

Conservation: IUCN – Data Deficient (DSG recommended).

Discussion: Hensel misidentified this species as Cervus rufinus Pucheran, but regarded Cervus nanus Lund as a synonym. The latter name becomes valid from Hensel's description, as Mazama nana (Hensel, 1872). The name is preooccupied by Cervus † nanus Kaup, 1839, possibly a junior synonym of † Euprox dicranocerus (Kaup, 1833), and probably a nomen oblitum. A species distinct from M. rufina according to Czernay (1987). "Bororo" has been used as a vernacular name for M. nana by Czernay (1987) but needs to be qualified in view of the recently described M. bororo.

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, pp. 637-722 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 656, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Hensel
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Artiodactyla
Family
Cervidae
Genus
Mazama
Species
nana
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Mazama nana Hensel, 1872 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Czernay, S. 1987. Spiesshirsche und Pudus. A. Ziemsen Verlag, Wittenberg Lutherstadt, 84 pp.