---
title: "Amazonienmazama"
description: "Passalites nemorivagus — Säugetiere. The Amazonian brown brocket (Passalites nemorivagus), also known as the small brown brocket, is a small species of deer that is almost entirely restricted to South America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/northern-brown-brocket
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Amazonienmazama

> Passalites nemorivagus — Säugetiere. The Amazonian brown brocket (Passalites nemorivagus), also known as the small brown brocket, is a small species of deer that is almost entirely restricted to South America.

- Scientific name: *Passalites nemorivagus*
- Category: `mammals` (Säugetiere)
- Habitats: `forest` (Wald), `jungle` (Dschungel)
- iNaturalist observations: 236
- iNaturalist taxon: [1596104](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1596104)

## Names

- en: Northern Brown Brocket
- de: Amazonienmazama
- es: Soche Gris
- fr: Cariacou de Cayenne

## Countries with the most observations

BR (91), CO (71), PE (25), GF (11), EC (7)

## Summary

The Amazonian brown brocket (Passalites nemorivagus), also known as the small brown brocket, is a small species of deer that is almost entirely restricted to South America.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazonian_brown_brocket

## Photo

![Amazonienmazama](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/northern-brown-brocket/medium.jpg)

Photo: Whaldener Endo · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/123351417

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/northern-brown-brocket?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).