Dwarf brocket

Description

The dwarf brocket (Mazama chunyi),or chunyi,is a small species of deer native to the Andean highlands in western Bolivia and southeastern Peru,where it is found in forest and páramo.Its pelage is reddish-brown with dark grey foreparts and neck.The underparts are lighter brown,and the muzzle short and thick.It weighs around 11 kg.A little-studied species of brocket deer,the IUCN considers the dwarf brocket as Vulnerable.Research has occurred in the forests of Bolivia,expanding known localities and modelling geographic distribution;while as much as 40% of the habitat was degraded or fragmented,the rest showed good conservation.This led to the recommendation of treating it as Vulnerable.