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title: "Mexican Red Brocket"
description: "Mazama temama — Mammiferi. The Central American or Mexican red brocket (Mazama temama), as it is sometimes called, is a species of brocket deer native to Mexico, Central America, and northern Colombia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/mexican-red-brocket
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mexican Red Brocket

> Mazama temama — Mammiferi. The Central American or Mexican red brocket (Mazama temama), as it is sometimes called, is a species of brocket deer native to Mexico, Central America, and northern Colombia.

- Scientific name: *Mazama temama*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 635
- Wikidata: [Q2706503](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2706503)
- iNaturalist taxon: [74555](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/74555)

## Names

- en: Mexican Red Brocket
- de: Mexikogroßspießhirsch
- es: Temazate rojo
- fr: Mazame de Hernandez
- pl: Mazama środkowoamerykańska

## Countries with the most observations

CR (167), MX (128), BZ (54), PA (47), GT (38), HN (4)

## Summary

The Central American or Mexican red brocket (Mazama temama), as it is sometimes called, is a species of brocket deer native to Mexico, Central America, and northern Colombia.

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

## Photo

![Mexican Red Brocket](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mexican-red-brocket/medium.jpg)

Photo: Chris Wyse · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/337007564

## Machine access

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