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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER ARTIODACTYLA
--> FAMILY Moschidae
--> GENUS Moschus
SPECIES Moschus fuscus
| Author: | Li, 1981. | | Citation: | Zool. Res. Kunming, 2: 159. | | Common Name: | Black Musk Deer | | Type Locality: | China, "Bapo, Gongshan-Xian, Yunnan. Altitude 3,500 m". | | Distribution: | N Burma, China (NW Yunnan and SE Tibet), India (Assam), and Nepal. | | Status: | CITES – Appendix I in Bhutan, Burma, India, and Nepal; otherwise Appendix II; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). | | Comments: | Moschus saturatus Hodgson, 1839 may be a prior name for this species. Gao (1985) treated fuscus as a subspecies of chrysogaster. |
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