Mazama americana (ungulate)

Mass: 26 kg based on Clauss et al. 2008, Mayor et al. 2012, Sanderson 1949, Richard-Hansen et al. 1999, and Versiani et al. 2009

Diet: frugivore-browser based on Gayot et al. 2004

Abundance: 0.98 to 21.71% (median 7.47%)

Latitudinal range: -25.6° to 17.3°

Habitats: (2), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (3), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (13)

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Found in 19 samples

Argentina: Iguazù National Park (on roads)

Belize: Extinction Cave

Bolivia: Santa Rosa (control)

Brazil: Fazenda Sta Emília (acurí forest), Caxiuanä National Forest (March), Floresta Nacional Amapâ (dry season), Floresta Nacional Amapâ (wet season), Iguaçu National Park, Purus Project, Terra do Meio Ecological Station I, Terra do Meio Ecological Station II, Cachoeira Seca Indigenous Land I

Ecuador: Chorongo

Mexico: Santa Marta rock-shelter

Panama: Ecoparque Panama

Peru: Los Amigos Conservation Concession (2005), Los Amigos Conservation Concession (2006), Ichigkat Muja - Cordillera del Cóndor National Park (2018), Ichigkat Muja - Cordillera del Cóndor National Park (2019)

Size measurements:
body mass14200 kgN = 6Clauss et al. 2008
♀ body mass24200 kgN = 9Mayor et al. 2012
♀ body mass21600 kgN = 11Mayor et al. 2012
♀ body mass28400 kgN = 31Mayor et al. 2012
♀ body mass43000 kgN = 1Sanderson 1949
♂ body mass44000 kgN = 1Richard-Hansen et al. 1999
♂ body mass41000 kgN = 1Sanderson 1949
♂ body mass36000 kgN = 1Versiani et al. 2009
♂ body mass30100 kgN = 1Versiani et al. 2009
♂ body mass34900 kgN = 1Versiani et al. 2009
♂ body mass36400 kgN = 1Versiani et al. 2009
♂ body mass33700 kgN = 1Versiani et al. 2009
♂ body mass40100 kgN = 1Versiani et al. 2009
♀ ear length115 mmN = 1Sanderson 1949
♂ ear length110 mmN = 1Richard-Hansen et al. 1999
♂ ear length100 mmN = 1Sanderson 1949
♀ head and body length1150 mmN = 1Sanderson 1949
♂ head and body length1020 mmN = 1Sanderson 1949
♀ hind foot length350 mmN = 1Sanderson 1949
♂ hind foot length350 mmN = 1Richard-Hansen et al. 1999
♂ hind foot length310 mmN = 1Sanderson 1949
♀ tail length110 mmN = 1Sanderson 1949
♂ tail length140 mmN = 1Richard-Hansen et al. 1999
♂ tail length85 mmN = 1Sanderson 1949

See also Mazama, Mazama gouazoubira, Mazama nana, Mazama nemorivaga, Mazama rufina, Mazama sp., Mazama spp., Mazama temama