'Ihi vs Mérida Brocket

Oxalis corniculata compared with Mazama bricenii

Key Differences

• 'Ihi is Least Concern while Mérida Brocket is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	'Ihi	Mérida Brocket
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Oxalidales (Oxalidales)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Oxalidaceae	Cervidae (Deer)
Genus	Oxalis	Mazama
Species	Oxalis corniculata	Mazama bricenii

Conservation Status

'Ihi

LC — Least Concern

Mérida Brocket

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	'Ihi	Mérida Brocket
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

'Ihi

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (18 countries), Asia (17 countries), Europe (30 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (7 countries).

Mérida Brocket

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.