Ecuador Red Brocket vs Sour orange

Mazama rufina compared with Citrus aurantium

Key Differences

• Ecuador Red Brocket is Vulnerable while Sour orange is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ecuador Red Brocket	Sour orange
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Cervidae (Deer)	Rutaceae
Genus	Mazama	Citrus
Species	Mazama rufina	Citrus aurantium

Conservation Status

Ecuador Red Brocket

VU — Vulnerable

Sour orange

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ecuador Red Brocket	Sour orange
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.

Sour orange

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (12 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia