Check List 17(4): 1095-1102, doi: 10.15560/17.4.1095
Range extension of the Central American Red Brocket, Mazama temama (Kerr, 1792) (Artiodactyla, Cervidae), in Colombia
expand article infoHéctor E. Ramírez-Chaves‡, Paula Andrea Ossa-López§, Luis Lasso-Lasso|, Fredy A. Rivera-Páez§, Néstor Roncancio-Duque, Luis A. Escobedo-Morales#, Jesús E. Maldonado¤
‡ Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Caldas, Manizales, Colombia§ Universidad de Caldas, Manizales, Colombia| Dirección Territorial Andes Occidentales, Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia, Pasto, Colombia¶ Dirección Territorial Andes Occidentales, Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia, Medellin, Colombia# Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.C., Mexico¤ Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, United States of America

Corresponding author: Héctor E. Ramírez-Chaves ( hector.ramirez@ucaldas.edu.co )

Academic editor: Krizler Tanalgo
© Héctor E. Ramírez-Chaves, Paula Andrea Ossa-López, Luis Lasso-Lasso, Fredy A. Rivera-Páez, Néstor Roncancio-Duque, Luis A. Escobedo-Morales, Jesús E. Maldonado.
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Citation: Ramírez-Chaves HE, Ossa-López PA, Lasso-Lasso L, Rivera-Páez FA, Roncancio-Duque N, Escobedo-Morales LA, Maldonado JE (2021) Range extension of the Central American Red Brocket, Mazama temama (Kerr, 1792) (Artiodactyla, Cervidae), in Colombia. Check List 17(4): 1095-1102. https://doi.org/10.15560/17.4.1095
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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.
Keywords
Andes, cytochrome-b, deer, distribution, range extension