Moschus cupreus

Grubb, 1982

Kashmir Musk-deer

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Artiodactyla
Suborder: Ruminantia
Infraorder: Pecora
Superfamily: Bovoidea
Family: Moschidae
Genus: Moschus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Grubb, P. 1982. The systematics of Sino-Himalayan musk deer (Moschus), with particular reference to the species described by B. H. Hodgson. Säugetierkundliche Mitteilungen 30(2):127-135.

Original name as described

Moschus chrysogaster cupreus

Type material

USNM:MAMM:63472

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/343240414-a56e-4bd9-936c-fc111741b8a1

Type locality

Kashmir.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Afghanistan · India · Pakistan

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006347

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 2 names and synonyms.

Moschus chrysogaster cupreus

Grubb, 1982

Family

Moschidae

Root name

cupreus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:63472

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Kashmir (no precise locality).

Type locality

India: Jammu and Kashmir.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/343240414-a56e-4bd9-936c-fc111741b8a1

Authority page

133

Authority publication

Säugetierkundliche Mitteilungen

Name usages

Groves & Grubb (2011:61) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Moschus cupreus:

Groves, 2003

Family

Moschidae

Root name

cupreus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

347

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48602929

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

Groves (2003:347, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48602929) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9601)
Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:347) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
Groves & Grubb (2011:61) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136750) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136750) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006347) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136750/61979453) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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