Order Artiodactyla Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 637 722 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Mazama americana (Erxleben 1777) [Moschus] americanus Erxleben 1777 , Systema Regni Animalis, Vol. 1: 324 . Type Locality: "Habitat in Guiania et Brazilia" and also cited from Surinam ; restricted to French Guiana , Cayenne (Cabrera, 1961:335). Vernacular Names: South American Red Brocket . Subspecies: : Subspecies Mazama americana subsp. americana Erxleben 1777 Subspecies Mazama americana subsp. carrikeri Hershkovitz 1959 Subspecies Mazama americana subsp. gualea J. A. Allen 1915 Subspecies Mazama americana subsp. jucunda Thomas 1913 Subspecies Mazama americana subsp. rosii Lönnberg 1919 Subspecies Mazama americana subsp. rufa Illiger 1815 Subspecies Mazama americana subsp. sarae Thomas 1925 Subspecies Mazama americana subsp. sheila Thomas 1913 Subspecies Mazama americana subsp. trinitatis J. A. Allen 1915 Subspecies Mazama americana subsp. whitelyi Gray 1873 Subspecies Mazama americana subsp. zamora J. A. Allen 1915 Subspecies Mazama americana subsp. zetta Thomas 1913 Distribution: N Argentina , Bolivia , Brazil , Colombia , Ecuador , French Guiana, Guyana , Paraguay , Peru , Surinam , Trinidad , Tobago , and Venezuela . Conservation: IUCN – Data Deficient. Discussion: Mazama americana tumatumari J. A. Allen, 1915 is a composite based on a skull of Odocoileus virginianus (the lectotype ) and a skin of Mazama americana ; see Tate (1939) .