The Red Brocket Deer (Mazama Americana) is a species of brocket deer that can be found in the forests of South America ranging from northern Argentina to Colombia and the Guianas. Historically this species use to be classified with the brocket deer found in Central America, but there has been recent analysis of this line of classification that has separated this species from its Central American relatives. This species is also known to occur on the island of Trinidad. Historical records placed the species on Tobago until recent times where it appears to have been extirpated due to overhunting. The red brocket deer is known to live in dense, moist forests. They are found in both mature and secondary rainforest, forest edge, gardens and forest plantations.
Red brocket deer are reddish-brown in colour with a lighter greyish-brown head and neck. The legs are partially blackish. The inner thighs and the underside of the tail are white. The fawns are
