Moschus moschiferus Linnaeus 1758

Moschus moschiferus Linnaeus 1758, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 66.

Type Locality: "Habitat in Tataria versus Chinam"; restricted to Russia, SW Siberia, Altai Mtns by Heptner et al. (1961).

Vernacular Names: Siberian Musk Deer.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Moschus moschiferus subsp. moschiferus Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Moschus moschiferus subsp. arcticus Flerov 1929

Subspecies Moschus moschiferus subsp. parvipes Hollister 1911

Subspecies Moschus moschiferus subsp. sachalinensis Flerov 1929

Subspecies Moschus moschiferus subsp. turowi Zalkin 1945

Distribution: Forests of Russia (Sakhalin Isl and E Siberia), N China (N Sinkiang; Inner Mongolia to Shanxi), Korea, and N Mongolia.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Includes sibiricus; see Corbet (1978 c:198). Revised by Sokolov and Prikhod'ko (1996, 1997).