Alpine musk deer
| Alpine musk deer | |
|---|---|
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| Moschus chrysogaster | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Moschidae |
| Genus: | Moschus |
| Species: | M. chrysogaster |
| Binomial name | |
| Moschus chrysogaster Hodgson, 1839 | |
The Alpine musk deer (Moschus chrysogaster) is a species of musk deer. It occurs in the highlands of central China, south and west to the Himalayas in India, Nepal and Bhutan. Two subspecies are recognized:
- M. c. chrysogaster, Southern Tibet, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Nepal and Bhutan
- M. c. sifanicus, Qinghai, Gansu, Ningxia, western Sichuan, and northwestern Yunnan
Records from the Himalayan foothills are now considered a separate species, the Himalayan musk deer.
Moschus chrysogaster is the state animal of Uttarakhand.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ Wang, Y., Harris, R.B. (2008). Moschus chrysogaster. 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.
- ↑ http://www.gmvnl.com/newgmvn/facts/
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