Fair Brocket

Fair Brocket
Fair Brocket
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Genus: Mazama
Species: M. "ochroleuca"
Binomial name
Mazama "ochroleuca"

The fair brocket (Mazama "ochroleuca"), also known as the white brocket deer or veado branco to locals, is a possible species of brocket deer from the south-central Amazon near the Aripuanã River in Brazil.[1] At present no authority (notably the IUCN) beyond the describers themselves recognize it as valid. Disregarding this, the presently used scientific name is invalid, as the formal description only has been published online,[1] and consequently does not comply with chapter 3, article 8 of the ICZN code.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b van Roosmalen, M., & Pim van Hooft. A new species of living brocket deer (Mammalia: Cervidae) from the Brazilian Amazon. Accessed October 09, 2010.
  2. ^ International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. (2000). International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. 4th edition. Accessed October 09, 2010.