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title: "Northern Brown Brocket"
description: "Passalites nemorivagus — Zoogdieren. 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/nl/animal/northern-brown-brocket
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Northern Brown Brocket

> Passalites nemorivagus — Zoogdieren. 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` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `jungle` (Jungle)
- 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

![Northern Brown Brocket](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=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).