About Mazama rufina (Bourcier & Pucheran, 1852)
The little red brocket, also called the swamp brocket or Ecuador red brocket, is a small, understudied deer species. It was previously classified under the scientific name Mazama rufina, and is currently classified as Andinocervus rufinus. This species is native to the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, and northern Peru, where it inhabits forest and páramo habitats at altitudes between 1,400 and 3,600 metres (4,600 and 11,800 ft). It is one of the smallest brocket deer. Its coat is reddish, and its legs and crown are blackish. As recently as 1999, some taxonomic authorities classified both the pygmy brocket and the Merida brocket as subspecies of the little red brocket. The little red brocket may have formed an important part of the diet of people from the Pleistocene Las Vegas culture.
