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Dwarf musk deer
Sign in to saveAlso known as Moschus berezovskii, Chinese forest musk deer
species of mammal
Species
EndangeredObservations: Little is known about the longevity of these animals and they are difficult to breed in captivity. Reportedly, one specimen in China lived 20 years (Sathyakumar et al. 1993). Still, their maximum longevity must be classified as unknown.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Moschus
- Image
- Moschus berezovskii - Kunming Natural History Museum of Zoology - DSC02453.JPG
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Endangered status
- Commons category
- Moschus berezovskii
- taxon name
- Moschus berezovskii
- taxon common name
- 林麝
- sequenced genome URL
- www.dnazoo.org/assemblies/Moschus_berezovskii
- habitat
- forest
- short name
- M. berezovskii
- taxon range
- Nanling Mountains
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Encyclopedic overview
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. The species name is after the collector Mikhail Mikhailovich Berezovsky. On June 14, 1976, China entered the dwarf musk deer onto its endangered species list. Four subspecies are recognized:
Moschus berezovskii berezovskii Flerov, 1929
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