Moschus moschiferus Linnaeus 1758

• Main Authors: Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Lynx Edicions 2011
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Artiodactyla; Moschidae; Moschus; Moschus moschiferus; Almizclero; Sakhalin
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/5720529; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5720529

1. Siberian Musk-deer Moschus moschiferus French: Porte-musc de Sibérie / German: Sibirien-Moschustier / Spanish: Ciervo almizclero siberiano Taxonomy. Moschus moschiferus Linnaeus, 1758, Tatary towards China = Altai Mountains. Three subspecies recognized. Subspecies and Distribution. M.m.moschiferusLinnaeus,1758—ERussia(Altairegion,NalongtheYenisei,reaching69°N,thendowntothemiddleflowoftheLena;E&SEslopesoftheVerkhoyanskRange;StanovoyRange,butdoesnotreachtheSeaofOkhotskorthefloodzonesoftheAmur),EKazakhstan,Mongolia,andNChina(NENeiMongol&NWHeilongjiang,formerlyalsoinNXinjiangbutsupposedlyextincttheresinceearly20"century). M.m.parvipesHollister,1911—RussianFarEast,KoreanPeninsula,andNEChina(SHeilongjiang,EJilin,ELiaoning,Hebei&Shanxi). M. m. sachalinensis Flerov, 1929 — Sakhalin. Descriptive notes. Head-body 65-90 cm, tail 4-6 cm, shoulder height 56-61 cm; weight 7-17 kg. Skull length in the Siberian subspeciesis c¢. 14:5-15. 8 cm; in the other two subspecies rather smaller, 14-15 cm. The pelage is softer,less quilly, than in other species. Individual hairs on the upperparts are dark with a white subterminal band and/ortip, producing an overall color of dark grayish, usually with whitish spots where the white tips cluster together. Underside paler, grayish-brown. Neck brownish, head more grayish, and may be either paler or darker than body. Ears dark brown or black, paler at base. A pair of narrow creamy or white stripes (made up of white-tipped hairs) from chin down neck to chest. The pale spots are variably visible, but always prominent in young. In the skull, the snoutis long but does not form as much as half of the total skull length; the lacrimal bone is shorter than it is high; braincase is elongated; the orbits tubular. Diploid chromosome number is 58; some animals have dot-sized satellite chromosomes situated in the upper part of the fourth pair of autosomes. Deciduous canines in both sexes are replaced by permanent canines, prominent only in males, at six months. The limbs are more elongated ...