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Dwarf Brocket
Mazama chunyi Hershkovitz, 1959
Also calledCabrito (spa) · Chuñi (spa) · Chuñitaruka (spa) · Cuñi (spa) · Kleiner grauer Spießhirsch (deu) · Mazame pygmée (fra) · Peruanischer Zwergmazama (deu) · Sudlicher Zwergmazama (deu) · Südlicher Zwergmazama (deu) · Venadillo (spa)
First described in: Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. vol.72 p.45
The dwarf brocket (Subulo chunyi), or chunyi, is a small species of deer native to the Andean highlands in western Bolivia and southeastern Peru, where it is found in forest and páramo. Its pelage is reddish-brown with dark grey foreparts and neck. The underparts are lighter brown, and the muzzle short and thick. It weighs around 11 kg (24 lb).
A little-studied species of brocket deer, the IUCN considers the dwarf brocket as Vulnerable. Research has occurred in the forests of Bolivia, expanding known localities and modelling geographic distribution; while as much as 40% of the habitat was degraded or fragmented, the rest showed good conservation. This led to the recommendation of treating it as Vulnerable.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Prior to 1959 this species was confused with Pudu mephistophiles; see Hershkovitz (1959 c). Regarded as a subspecies of M. bricenii by Anderson (1997).
Order Artiodactyla
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Type Locality: " Cocopunco, a site on the eastern slope of the Cordillera Real on the road to Mapiri, La Paz, Bolivia; altitude, about 3200 meters ".
Order Artiodactyla
discussion
COMMENTS: Prior to 1959 this species was confused with Pudu mephistophiles; see comment under that species.
Order Artiodactyla
discussion
COMMENT: Prior to 1959 this species was known as Pudu mephistophiles (De Winton, 1896); see comment under that species.
Order Artiodactyla
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5220125.