The little red brocket or swamp brocket (''Mazama rufina''), also known as the Ecuador red brocket, is a small, little-studied

deer Deer or true deer are hoofed ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae. The two main groups of deer are the Cervinae, including the muntjac, the elk (wapiti), the red deer, and the fallow deer; and the Capreolinae, including the ...

native to the

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of Colombia,

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechuan languages, Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar language, Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechuan ...

and northern

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, where found in forest and páramo at altitudes between . It is one of the smallest

brocket deer Brockets or brocket deer are the species of deer in the genus ''Mazama''. They are medium to small in size, and are found in the Yucatán Peninsula, Central and South America, and the island of Trinidad. Most species are primarily found in forest ...

. The coat is reddish, and the legs and crown are blackish. As recently as 1999, some authorities included both the pygmy brocket (''M. nana'') and Merida brocket (''M. bricenii'') as subspecies of the little red brocket. The little red brocket may have formed an important part of the diet of the people of the Pleistocene Las Vegas culture.

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Mazama (genus) Mammals of the Andes Mammals of Colombia Mammals of Ecuador Mammals of Peru Páramo fauna Vulnerable animals Vulnerable biota of South America Mammals described in 1852 Taxa named by Jules Bourcier {{eventoedungulate-stub