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Moschus is a taxon classified at the genus rank within the animal kingdom. It belongs to the phylum Chordata, class Mammalia, order Artiodactyla, and family Moschidae. The genus is listed in Appendix I of CITES and is identified as the source of deer musk. Its temporal range begins in the Early Miocene.
Records for this taxon are held by institutions including MNHN, NHMUK, MZLU, and CAS. Occurrence data indicates presence in Chine, China, and Inde. The taxon has been described in the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.
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Species
Muscovy Duck
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderArtiodactyla
- FamilyMoschidae
Moschustiere (Moschidae) sind eine mit den Hornträgern (Bovidae), also mit Antilopen, Ziegenartigen und Rindern, verwandte Familie der Paarhufer. Ursprünglich nahm man an, dass sie mit den Hirschen verwandt sind: In älterer Literatur wurden sie oft als Moschushirsche bezeichnet und als ursprüngliche Unterfamilie der Hirsche angesehen. Abweichend von den Hirschen weisen sie eine Gallenblase auf und das Euter der Weibchen hat lediglich zwei statt vier Zitzen. Neben der namensgebenden Moschusdrüse und einer weiteren Schwanzdrüse haben die Moschustiere verlängerte obere Eckzähne, jedoch fehlen Gesichtsdrüsen und Geweihe. Moschustiere leben vorwiegend in bewaldeten und alpinen Buschhabitaten in den Bergen Südasiens, insbesondere im Himalaya. In Europa gab es die ersten Vorkommen im Oligozän; heute sind sie dort jedoch ausgestorben.
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 26
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Moschidae
- Collections
- MNHN, NHMUK, MZLU, CAS
- Recorded in
- Chine, China, Inde
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Encyclopedic overview
Musk deer can refer to any one, or all eight, of the species that make up Moschus, the only extant genus of the family Moschidae. Despite being commonly called deer, they are not true deer belonging to the family Cervidae, but rather their family is closely related to Bovidae, the group that contains antelopes, bovines, sheep, and goats. The musk deer family differs from cervids, or true deer, by lacking antlers and preorbital glands also, possessing only a single pair of teats, a gallbladder, a caudal gland, a pair of canine tusks and—of particular economic importance to humans—a musk gland.
Musk deer live mainly in forested and alpine scrub habitats in the mountains of South Asia, notably the Himalayas. They are entirely Asian in their present distribution, being extinct in Europe where the earliest musk deer are known to have existed from Oligocene deposits.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Moschus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.