The Central American Brocket is a small, dark deer of tropical forests from Mexico through Central America. It is a solitary forest deer with simple spike antlers and a reddish-brown coat that provides camouflage in dense jungle undergrowth. In North America it is limited to the forests of southern Mexico.
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