Range extension of the Central American Red Brocket, Mazama temama (Kerr, 1792) (Artiodactyla, Cervidae), in Colombia

By

Ramírez-Chaves, Héctor
Ossa Lopez, Paula Andrea
Lasso-Lasso, Luis
Rivera Paez, Fredy Arvey
Roncancio-Duque, Néstor
Escobedo-Morales, Luis A
Maldonado, Jesús E.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021-7-30

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

17

Series / Issue

Issue: 4

Pages

1095--1102

Subjects

Andes , Cytochrome-b , Deer , Distribution , range extension

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/17.4.1095

 

Abstract

Mazama temama (Kerr, 1792) is a representative species of the northern Neotropics, but the geographic range limits for this species remain unclear. We report the southernmost record of M. temama from the southwestern Colombian Andes, increasing the previously known range of this species by more than 300 km. We obtained a cytochrome gene sequence (849 bp) which is 95% identical to samples from Mexico. This record raises the need for extensive sampling to obtain more complete information about the distribution of M. temama in northern Colombia.