One of the 2 brockets on WAnimals
Mammals · Artiodactyla · Cervidae
Red Brocket
Mazama americana
Data Deficient
There is not enough information to assess its risk of extinction.
The red brocket is the most widespread deer of the South American forest and one of the largest in the genus Mazama. With an intensely reddish coat and a compact body whose hindquarters stand higher than the forequarters, it is built for moving through dense undergrowth. It is solitary, very unobtrusive and mainly nocturnal in areas where it is hunted. It feeds on fallen fruit, fungi and shoots. It is one of the main prey species of the jaguar and the puma, and also of human subsistence hunters.
Weight
24 kg – 48 kg
Size
1.1 m – 1.5 m
Life expectancy
12 years
