Pygmy Brocket
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Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae

[Photo] Pygmy Brocket Deer (Mazama nana); Mazama nana (Hensel, 1872) (veado-boror??-do-sul, veado-poca). CR - Criticamente em Perigo. LIVRO VERMELHO - Lista das Esp??cies da Fauna Amea??ada de Extin????o no RS / Foto: Ana Alice B. de Marques. Source: http://www.biodiversidade.rs.gov.br/portal/index.php?acao=especies_ameacadas&id=300&tipo=1

The Pygmy Brocket, Mazama nana, is a brocket deer species from South America. It is found in Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. It is known locally as the boror??. It is a small deer with short legs, weighing 15 to 20 kilograms. It is reddish-brown in color.

This species is sometimes considered a subspecies of Mazama rufina.

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