Alpine musk deer
| Alpine musk deer | |
|---|---|
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| A female Alpine musk deer | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| 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 musk deer species native to the eastern Himalayas in Nepal, Bhutan and India to the highlands of central China.[1]
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
The Alpine musk deer recorded in the Himalayan foothills is now considered a separate species, the Himalayan musk deer.
It is the state animal of Uttarakhand.[2]
See also
References
- 1 2 Harris, R. (2016). "Moschus chrysogaster". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-07-15. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
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