Deer Research and Conservation Center
Largest Deer Conservation Center in Latin America
Founded and located at the São Paulo State University (UNESP), Campus of Jaboticabal - São Paulo, NUPECCE is one of the world's leading centers for research and conservation of Neotropical deer species. It develops projects in the areas of ecology, reproduction, endocrinology animal genetics, environmental education and captive and wildlife management. It participates in the development of legal instruments and public policies aimed at the conservation and maintenance of several species of deer occurring in Brasil and in other countries in Latin America.
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Species
Check out the description and occurrence of the Neotropical deers maintained by NUPECCE.
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Subulo gouazoubira
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Mazama americana
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Mazama nemorivaga
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Mazama nana
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Mazama jucunda
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Blastocerus dichotomus
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Odocoileus virginianus
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Ozotoceros bezoarticus
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Projects and Researches
Check out the list of ongoing projects developed by NUPECEE in different areas of expertise. From big conservation projects, such as the Marsh Deer Conservation Program, to the research of the complex evolution and divergent taxonomy in the genus Mazama.
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The Cervidological Museum, located within NUPECCE's facilities, holds an important collection of skins, bones and skulls from all Brazilian deer species and from Latin American countries.
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Coordinators
José Maurício Barbanti Duarte
Eveline Zanetti dos Santos
Watch our documentary Cervídeos da Floresta ("Forest Deer") with Prof. Ph.D. Juan Carranza Almansas (Spain)
Financial Support
Institutional Support
