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

TYPE LOCALITY: "Tataria versus Chinam"; restricted to Russia, SW Siberia, Altai Mtns by Heptner et al. (1961) .

DISTRIBUTION: Forests of E Siberia, N Mongolia, N China west to Kansu, Korea, Sakhalin Isl.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

SYNONYMS: altaicus, arcticus, parvipes, sachalinensis, sibiricus, turowi.

COMMENTS: Includes sibiricus; see Corbet (1978c:198).