The little red brocket or swamp brocket (Andinocervus rufinus), also known as the Ecuador red brocket, is a small, little-studied deer native to the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador and northern Peru, where found in forest and páramo at altitudes between 1,400 and 3,600 metres (4,600 and 11,800 ft). It is one of the smallest brocket deer. The coat is reddish, and the legs and crown are blackish. It was previously assigned to the genus Mazama, and as recently as 1999, some authorities included both the pygmy brocket (M. nana) and Merida brocket (M. bricenii) as subspecies of the little red brocket.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of North Andean Red Brocket being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Cephalophorus kivuensis
- Cephalophorus harveyi
- Mazama americana
- Mazama temama
- Cephalophorus nigrifrons
- Capricornis swinhoei
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Artiodactyla
- Family
- Cervidae
- Genus
- Andinocervus
- Species
- Andinocervus rufinus
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