Mammals · La Saladita, Guerrero

Mexican Red Brocket

Mazama temama

Spanish: Temazate

Mexican Red Brocket (Mazama temama)
Photographed by djs39 on iNaturalist · CC-BY · taken in Stann Creek District, Belize, not near La Saladita

The Central American red brocket (Mazama temama) is a species of brocket deer ranging from southern Mexico, through Central America, to northwestern Colombia. It was formerly treated as a subspecies of the red brocket from South America, but its karyotype has 2n = 50, while the latter's was initially described as having 2n = 68-70. However, a more recent description gives the red brocket a variable karyotype with 2n varying from 48 to 54. It is...

TaxonomyMammalia › Artiodactyla › Cervidae
Local recordsNot recorded by research-grade iNaturalist observations within about 50 km; listed from the site's curated guide
Global records636 on iNaturalist

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Cite as: “Mexican Red Brocket (Mazama temama) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/mazama-temama/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.