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Musk Deer
Moschus
Musk deer can refer to any one, or all seven, of the species that make up Moschus, the only extant genus of the family Moschidae. The musk deer family differs from cervids, or true deer, by lacking antlers and facial glands and by possessing only a single pair of teats, a gallbladder, a caudal gland, a pair of tusk-like teeth and—of particular economic importance to humans—a musk gland.
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species

Siberian Musk Deer
speciesMoschus moschiferus

Alpine Musk Deer
speciesMoschus chrysogaster

Himalayan Musk Deer
speciesMoschus leucogaster

Chinese Forest Musk Deer
speciesMoschus berezovskii

Kashmir Musk Deer
speciesMoschus cupreus

Anhui Musk Deer
speciesMoschus anhuiensis

Dusky Musk Deer
speciesMoschus fuscus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
In the stacks
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Every page naming Moschus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 42141.

