Moschus moschiferus Linnaeus 1758

Moschus moschiferus Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:66. TYPE LOCALITY: "Tataria versus Chinam"; restricted to Russia, SW Siberia, Altai Mtns by Heptner et al. (1961). DISTRIBUTION: Forests of E Siberia, N Mongolia, N China west to Kansu, Korea, Sakhalin Isl. STATUS: CITES - Appendi...

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Main Author: Peter Grubb
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Published: Smithsonian Institution Press 1993
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Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/7279782
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7279782
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Summary:Moschus moschiferus Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:66. TYPE LOCALITY: "Tataria versus Chinam"; restricted to Russia, SW Siberia, Altai Mtns by Heptner et al. (1961). DISTRIBUTION: Forests of E Siberia, N Mongolia, N China west to Kansu, Korea, Sakhalin Isl. STATUS: CITES - Appendix II. SYNONYMS: altaicus, arcticus, parvipes, sachalinensis, sibiricus, turowi. COMMENTS: Includes sibiricus; see Corbet (1978c:198). Published as part of Peter Grubb, 1993, Order Artiodactyla, pp. 377-414 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 384, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.7359189