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title: "Rood spieshert"
description: "Mazama americana — Zoogdieren. The red brocket (Mazama americana) is a species of brocket deer from forests in South America, ranging from northern Argentina to Colombia and the Guianas."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/northwestern-red-brocket
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rood spieshert

> Mazama americana — Zoogdieren. The red brocket (Mazama americana) is a species of brocket deer from forests in South America, ranging from northern Argentina to Colombia and the Guianas.

- Scientific name: *Mazama americana*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 1297
- Wikidata: [Q1763357](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1763357)
- iNaturalist taxon: [42176](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42176)

## Names

- en: Northwestern Red Brocket
- de: Roter Spießhirsch
- es: Temazate rojo
- fr: Mazame Roux
- nl: Rood spieshert
- pt: Veado-mateiro
- pl: Mazama ruda

## Countries with the most observations

BR (106), EC (105), PE (99), CO (79), BO (30), GF (29), GY (14), TT (12), SR (11), VE (8)

## Summary

The red brocket (Mazama americana) is a species of brocket deer from forests in South America, ranging from northern Argentina to Colombia and the Guianas. It also occurs on the Caribbean island of Trinidad (it also occurred on the island of Tobago until very recent historical times, but has been extirpated there).

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

## Photo

![Rood spieshert](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/northwestern-red-brocket/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/340747129

## Machine access

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