The stag, when young, is sometimes called a brocket, and when it is more than six years old it is called a hart, and, if it belongs to a royal chase, a hart-royal. From Wordnik.com. [The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally] Reference
"Why, a stag is called a brocket until he is three years old; at four years he is a staggart; at five years a warrantable stag; and after five years he becomes a hart royal.". From Wordnik.com. [The Children of the New Forest] Reference
A record of a dwarf brocket from Madre de Dios, Peru. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-03-01] Reference
Then, without warning, the brocket turned and darted away. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Phantom] Reference
Gray (brown) brocket (Mazama gouazoubira) is also found throughout Latin America. From Wordnik.com. [26 Mouse Deer] Reference
Red brocket (Mazama americana), the most common and widespread, is found from Mexico to Argentina. From Wordnik.com. [26 Mouse Deer] Reference
At least one species, the grey brocket, adjusts particularly well to life in and around human settlements. From Wordnik.com. [26 Mouse Deer] Reference
The brocket retraced her steps, but the Jaguar seemed not to notice and began to wash one of her massive paws. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Phantom] Reference
White-lipped peccaries Tayassu pecari and probably brocket deer Mazama americana enter to feed when it is possible. From Wordnik.com. [Central Amazonian Conservation Complex, Brazil] Reference
Good populations of tapir Tapirus terrestris (NT), brocket deer Mazama sp. and jaguar Pantera onca (NT) inhabit the upland humid forests. From Wordnik.com. [Noel Kempff Mercado National Park, Bolivia] Reference
Although birds and plants represent the strongest endemics, others include mammals such as the little known brocket deer, (Mazama chunyi). From Wordnik.com. [Bolivian Yungas] Reference
Lesser brocket (Mazama rufina) 2 resides in small and scattered locations in Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay. From Wordnik.com. [26 Mouse Deer] Reference
If the brocket mother, after her wild dash in the hope of luring Suma from the spot had only stayed away both she and her offspring would have been safe. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Phantom] Reference
Dwarf brocket (Mazama chunyi) is found only in pockets of forest and brush on certain mountainsides in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and northern Peru. From Wordnik.com. [26 Mouse Deer] Reference
The rufous brocket deer (Mazama rufina bricenii), an endemic from Colombia and Venezuela, inhabits areas of evergreen forest and paramos between 1,000 – 3,000 meters. From Wordnik.com. [Venezuelan Andes montane forests] Reference
Suma, while feigning indifference, eagerly watched each movement and when the brocket, finally, frantic with apprehension made one of her quick turns the Jaguar glided forward a few steps and sprang. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Phantom] Reference
There were many brown brocket deer on the 'dirt road.'. From Wordnik.com. [Museum Blogs] Reference
Among the numerous representations of deer in the Maya writings, there is but one that appears to show the brocket. From Wordnik.com. [Animal Figures in the Maya Codices] Reference
Other inhabitants include the endangered mountain tapir (often called the woolly tapir), the red-brocket deer, and the spectacled bear. From Wordnik.com. [EcoEarth.Info Environment RSS Newsfeed] Reference
For this reason it is impossible to distinguish females of the brocket from those of the other species of deer, if indeed, the Mayas themselves made such a distinction. From Wordnik.com. [Animal Figures in the Maya Codices] Reference
And in the second year he watched for it by the mere, and saw it come to drink, no longer a calf, but a lovely brocket, with its brow antlers making its first two points. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard] Reference
In Mexico there is little hoofed game to kill, -- deer of the white-tail groups, seven or eight species; the desert mule deer; the brocket; the prong-horned antelope, the mountain sheep and the peccary. From Wordnik.com. [Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation] Reference
Other large mammals include white-lipped peccaries (Tayassus pecari), collared peccaries (T. tajacu), pumas (Puma concolor), panthers (Panthera onca), tapir (Tapirus terrestris), and brocket deer (Mazama spp.). From Wordnik.com. [Tapajós-Xingu moist forests] Reference
The white-lipped peccary (Tayassus pecari), collared peccary (T. tajacu), puma (Puma concolor), panther (Panthera onca), tapir (Tapirus terrestris), and brocket deer (Mazama spp.) are some of the larger mammals. From Wordnik.com. [Madeira-Tapajós moist forests] Reference
As far as the Shalford crossing Sir John rode by Nigel's arm, and many were the last injunctions which he gave him concerning woodcraft, and great his anxiety lest he confuse a spay with a brocket, or either with. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Nigel] Reference
As far as the Shalford crossing Sir John rode by Nigel's arm, and many were the last injunctions which he gave him concerning woodcraft, and great his anxiety lest he confuse a spay with a brocket, or either with a hind. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Nigel]
The smallest brocket, it weighs only 8-12 kg. From Wordnik.com. [26 Mouse Deer] Reference
The fair brocket deer (Mazama ochroleuca), here. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-08-01] Reference
And Johnnie on his brocket mear. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Sir Walter Scott From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford] Reference
"Yes, and the slot of a brocket from a doe.". From Wordnik.com. [The Children of the New Forest] Reference
(red brocket). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 11] Reference
Can you tell the slot of a brocket from a stag? ". From Wordnik.com. [The Children of the New Forest] Reference
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