Brocket Deer

Human disturbance and shifts in vertebrate community composition in a biodiversity hotspot

“…White‐lipped peccary herds, for example, require up to 140 km 2 of forests (Moreira‐Ramirez et al., 2019), which could only be found in and around the national parks. Other herbivores, such as tapirs and red brocket deer, have smaller home ranges (4.8 km 2 for Baird's tapir [Naranjo, 2019], 0.5 km 2 for red brocket deer [ Mazama americana ] [Gallina‐Tessaro et al., 2019]) but depend on high‐quality food found in minimally disturbed areas (Naranjo, 2019; Gallina‐Tessaro et al., 2019). Additional anthropogenic pressures, such as the poaching of peccaries and pacas in the Osa region, further serve to limit these species to more undisturbed areas (Altrichter, 1999; Altrichter & Almeida, 2002)––along with the large‐bodied predators that depend on them.…”

Drivers of geophagy by red brocket deer (Mazama americana) at Amazonian interior forest mineral licks

“…The red brocket deer may consume browse seasonally as fruit becomes scarce (Emmons & Feer, 1997;Duarte et al, 2010). Reproduction of the red brocket deer is poorly understood, but thought to occur year-round with about 0.76-0.82 young born per adult female per year (Gallina-Tessaro et al, 2019;Mayor et al, 2011). The drivers of geophagy of the red brocket deer remain unknown, though its frugivorous diet suggests it may be deficient in some minerals, and its frequent visitation at mineral licks suggest it may be an important species for transporting minerals across the landscape (Doughty et al, 2016).…”

“…One of the most common visitors to interior forest Amazonian mineral licks is the red brocket deer ( Mazama americana ; Blake et al., 2011, 2013; Griffiths, Bowler, et al., 2020; Griffiths, Gilmore, et al., 2020; Tobler et al., 2009). The red brocket deer is a large‐bodied (12–65 kg) ruminant (Bodmer, 1989; Branan & Marchinton, 1985; Emmons & Feer, 1997; Jones et al., 2018; Robinson & Redford, 1986) that is found throughout tropical South America (Gallina‐Tessaro et al., 2019). The red brocket deer is primarily nocturnal, but often has a flexible activity pattern (Di Bitetti et al., 2008; Griffiths, Bowler, et al., 2020; Griffiths, Gilmore, et al., 2020), and is typically solitary (Reyna‐Hurtado & Chapman, 2019).…”

Spermatogenesis in a vulnerable South American cervid, dwarf red brocket (Mazama rufina)

“…The brocket deer (Genus Mazama ) represents one of the world's most diverse groups of the Cervidae family, including 10 Neotropical endemic species distributed from Mexico to Argentina, but unfortunately, the population trend of eight species is downward, and six of them are classified under some category of threat in the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List (IUCN, n.d.). However, despite the essential ecological functions as a seed disperser and prey for wild carnivores, the genus is one of the least known, with scarce research on fundamental biological aspects that could be applied to conservation approaches (Gallina‐Tessaro et al, 2019; Taber et al, 2016). Furthermore, the species of the genus tend to inhabit areas of dense vegetation at low population densities, being described as solitary and primarily nocturnal (Duarte & González, 2010).…”