Dwarf Musk Deer

Dwarf Musk Deer
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Moschidae
Genus:	Moschus
Species:	M. berezovskii
Binomial name
Moschus berezovskii Flerov 1929

The Dwarf Musk Deer or Chinese Forest Musk Deer (Moschus berezovskii, Chinese: 林麝; pinyin: Lín shè) is an artiodactyl native to southern and central China and northernmost Vietnam. On June 14, 1976, China entered the Dwarf Musk Deer onto its endangered species list.^[2] There are four subspecies recognized^[3]:

• M. b. berezovskii
• M. b. bijiangensis
• M. b. caobangis
• M. b. yanguiensis

References

1. ^ Wang, Y. & Harris, R.B. (2008). Moschus berezovskii. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 March 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of endangered.
2. ^ Endangered Species - Dwarf Musk Deer Facts
3. ^ Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder (Ed.): Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. 3. Auflage. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 2 November 2011, ISBN 0-8018-8221-4 (2142 Seiten).