Mammals · Artiodactyla · Cervidae

Brockets

Subulo gouazoubira

Least Concern

The species is abundant and widely distributed; it faces no significant short-term risk. See full glossary

The grey brocket, or guazuncho, is a small South American deer of compact build, with hindquarters higher than its forequarters and a greyish brown coat. Unlike other brockets it prefers dry, open habitats: Brazilian cerrado, chaco and deciduous woodland. It is solitary and very unobtrusive, and feeds mainly on shoots, leaves and fallen fruit. The males have short, straight, unbranched antlers barely ten centimetres long, which they shed irregularly.

Weight

11 kg – 25 kg

Size

85 cm – 1.3 m

Lifespan

12 years

Diet

Herbivore

Feeds mainly on plants.

Activity

Crepuscular

Active above all at dawn and dusk.

Social structure

Solitary

Lives and hunts alone, joining others only to breed.

Sighting difficulty

Easy

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Fun facts

Its straight, pointed, unbranched antlers give the genus Subulo its name, from the Latin subula, meaning an awl.
It is one of the most adaptable deer in South America: it survives in the farmland mosaics of the Chaco, where other brockets disappear.

Life cycle & biology

Skeleton type: Vertebrate - internal bony skeleton (mammal)
Habitat & environment: Dry forest, cerrado, chaco and scrub of South America east of the Andes
Sexual maturity: 12 months
Gestation / incubation: 7 months
Litter / clutch size: 1

Sources consulted: https://www.iucnredlist.org/ | https://animaldiversity.org/ | https://es.wikipedia.org/