Dwarf musk deer

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Dwarf musk deer
Moschus berezovskii - Kunming Natural History Museum of Zoology - DSC02453.JPG
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M. berezovskii
Binomial name
Moschus berezovskii
Flerov 1929

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The dwarf musk deer or Chinese forest musk deer (Moschus berezovskii, Chinese: 林麝; pinyin: Lín shè) is an artiodactyl native to southern and central China and northernmost Vietnam. On June 14, 1976, China entered the dwarf musk deer onto its endangered species list.[2] Four subspecies are recognized:[3]

  • M. b. berezovskii
  • M. b. bijiangensis
  • M. b. caobangis
  • M. b. yanguiensis

References

  1. Wang, Y. & Harris, R.B. (2008). Moschus berezovskii. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 29 March 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of endangered.
  2. Endangered Species - Dwarf Musk Deer Facts
  3. Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder, ed. (2005) (in German), Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3. ed.), Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, ISBN 0-8018-8221-4