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SPECIES Moschus moschiferus
Author: | Linnaeus, 1758. | Citation: | Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 66. | Common Name: | Siberian Musk Deer | Type Locality: | "Habitat in Tataria versus Chinam"; restricted to Russia, SW Siberia, Altai Mtns by Heptner et al. (1961). | Distribution: | Forests of Russia (Sakhalin Isl and E Siberia), N China (N Sinkiang; Inner Mongolia to Shanxi), Korea, and N Mongolia. | Status: | CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Vulnerable. | Comments: | Includes sibiricus; see Corbet (1978c:198). Revised by Sokolov and Prikhod'ko (1996, 1997). |
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