Moschus fuscus Li, 1981

Thu, Aye Myat, Lwin, Ye Htet & Quan, Rui-Chang, 2024, Mammals of Myanmar: an annotated checklist, Mammalia (Warsaw, Poland) 88 (3), pp. 147-197 : 186

315. Moschus fuscus Li, 1981

Common name: Black Musk Deer

Myanmar name:

Distribution: Bhutan, Southern China, Northeastern India and Nepal. In Myanmar, a sample was recorded in Putao Township, Kachin State ( Lwin et al. 2021).

Remarks: The species was described as Siberian musk deer M. moschiferus in “ Wild Mammals of Myanmar ”; however, M. moschiferus is distributed in Northeast Asia. Thus, the musk deer in Myanmar could possibly be M. fuscus ( Pan et al. 2015) , however, further taxonomic study is needed. This species is an endangered and completely protected species of Myanmar.