Mexican Red Brocket

Mazama temama is found in primary and secondary tropical forests, from sea level to cloud forest habitat at elevations of around 2,800 m (9,190 ft). In the northern reaches of its range, M. temama is known from the northeastern Mexican states of San Luís Toposí, Tamaulipas and Veracruz, not typically being found to the west of the Sierra Gorda. Its distribution continues south through the states of Guanajuato, Hidalgo and Puebla and regions east of Mexico City. In the southern parts of the country, being a more tropic-adapted deer species, it may be found with somewhat more frequency in Campeche, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Tabasco and Yucatán states. It is also known from Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama, extending into north and north-central Colombia via the Darién Gap, where it is known from as far south as Antioquia Department and east of the capital, Bogotá.