Ecuador Red Brocket vs

Mazama rufina compared with Exobasidium splendidum

Key Differences

• Ecuador Red Brocket is Vulnerable while is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ecuador Red Brocket
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Exobasidiomycetes (Exobasidiomycetes)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Exobasidiales (Exobasidiales)
Family	Cervidae (Deer)	Exobasidiaceae
Genus	Mazama	Exobasidium
Species	Mazama rufina	Exobasidium splendidum

Conservation Status

Ecuador Red Brocket

VU — Vulnerable

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ecuador Red Brocket
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ecuador Red Brocket

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Norway, and Sweden.

Exobasidium splendidum is a parasitic basidiomycete fungus that forms galls and hypertrophied growths on the leaves and stems of host plants in the heath family. It inhabits boreal and montane habitats where Ericaceae shrubs such as Arctostaphylos grow. This parasitic fungus deforms host plant tissue to extract nutrients during its reproductive phase.