 It has been treated as a disjunct subspecies of the gray brocket or a subspecies of the red brocket ("Mazama americana").Among other features, the Yucatan brown brocket differs from both the red brocket and the gray brocket in the shape and measurements of the skull and antlers.It also differs from the Central American red brocket, which is locally sympatric with the Yucatan brown brocket, in its gray-brown, rather than overall reddish, color.