Moschus moschiferus Linnaeus, 1758

James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Artiodactyla, Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections, pp. 315-343 : 323

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7352976

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7203338

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scientific name

Moschus moschiferus Linnaeus, 1758
status

 

Moschus moschiferus Linnaeus, 1758 . Syst. Nat., 10th ed.,1:66 View Cited Treatment .

TYPE LOCALITY: U.S.S.R., S.W. Siberia, Altai Mtns.("Tataria versus Chineum") .

DISTRIBUTION: Forests of E. Siberia; N. Mongolia; N. China west to Kansu;Anwei (SW); Korea; Sakhalin Isl.

COMMENT: Includes sibiricus; see Corbet, 1978:198. Type locality restricted by Heptner and Naumov, eds., 1961, [Mammals of the Soviet Union], p. 83.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as Moschus spp.

CITES - Appendix I as M. moschiferus (Himalayan population only) and U.S. ESA - Endangered as M. m. moschiferus subspecies only.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301419006001001001.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Artiodactyla

Family

Cervidae

Genus

Moschus