| Pampas Deer |
Adult female |
| Conservation status |
 Near Threatened |
| Scientific classification |
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| Binomial name |
Ozotoceros bezoarticus
(Linnaeus, 1758) |
The Pampas Deer, venado de las Pampas or guazu ti'i, (Ozotoceros bezoarticus), is a deer species from South America. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay.
Pampas deer live only in open habitats, especially the Pampas and Cerrado. They are brown colored when adults. Adult males have narrow antlers with two or three branches and they also have scent glands on their hooves to mark their territories. Fawns are spotted.
It's considered to be a vulnerable species, according to CITES, appendix I. Cattle and sheep ranching on the Pampas has been the main cause of population decline.
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Extant species of family Cervidae |
| Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Artiodactyla · Suborder: Ruminantia |
| Muntiacinae |
| Muntiacus |
Indian Muntjac (Muntiacus muntjak) · Reeves's Muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi) · Hairy-fronted Muntjac (Muntiacus crinifrons) · Fea's Muntjac (Muntiacus feae) · Bornean Yellow Muntjac (Muntiacus atherodes) · Roosevelt's muntjac (Muntiacus rooseveltorum) · Gongshan muntjac (Muntiacus gongshanensis) · Giant Muntjac (Muntiacus vuquangensis) · Truong Son Muntjac (Muntiacus truongsonensis) · Leaf muntjac (Muntiacus putaoensis) |
| Elaphodus |
Tufted deer (Elaphodus cephalophus) | |
| Cervinae |
| Cervus |
Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) · Elk (Cervus canadensis) · Thorold's deer (Cervus albirostris) · Sika Deer (Cervus nippon) · Barasingha (Cervus duvaucelii) · Eld's Deer (Cervus eldii) · Sambar Deer (Cervus unicolor) · Rusa Deer (Cervus timorensis) · Philippine Sambar (Cervus mariannus) · Philippine Spotted Deer (Cervus alfredi) |
| Axis |
Chital (Axis axis) · Hog deer (Axis porcinus) · Calamian Deer (Axis calamianensis) · Bawean deer (Axis kuhlii) |
| Elaphurus |
Père David's Deer (Elaphurus davidianus) |
| Dama |
Fallow Deer (Dama dama) · Persian fallow deer (Dama mesopotamica) | |
| Hydropotinae |
| Hydropotes |
Water deer (Hydropotes inermis) | |
| Odocoileinae |
| Odocoileus |
White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) · Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) |
| Blastocerus |
Marsh Deer (Blastocerus dichotomus) |
| Ozotoceros |
Pampas deer (Ozotoceros bezoarticus) |
| Mazama |
Red Brocket (Mazama americana) · Merida Brocket (Mazama bricenii) · Dwarf Brocket (Mazama chunyi) · Gray Brocket (Mazama gouazoubira) · Pygmy Brocket (Mazama nana) · Yucatan Brown Brocket (Mazama pandora) · Little Red Brocket (Mazama rufina) |
| Pudú |
Northern Pudu (Pudu mephistophiles) · Pudú (Pudu pudu) |
| Hippocamelus |
Taruca (Hippocamelus antisensis) · South Andean Deer (Hippocamelus bisulcus) |
| Capreolus |
Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) · Siberian Roe Deer (Capreolus pygargus) |
| Rangifer |
Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) |
| Alces |
Moose (Alces alces) | |
| Category |
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Pampas deer". Image Credit.
