Kingdom Animalia Order Artiodactyla Subfamily Capreolinae Scientific name Mazama bricenii Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Family Cervidae Genus Mazama Higher classification Brocket deer | |
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Similar Dwarf brocket, Yucatan brown brocket, Little red brocket, Pygmy brocket, Roosevelt's muntjac | ||
The Mérida Brocket (Mazama bricenii), also known as the Merioa Brocket or Rufous Brocket, is a small species of deer. It is found in forest and páramo at altitudes of 1,000–3,500 metres (3,300–11,500 ft) in the Andes of northern Colombia and western Venezuela. It was once treated as a subspecies of the similar Little Red Brocket, but has been considered a distinct species since 1987, though as recent as 1999 some maintained it as a subspecies.
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