Moschus moschiferus

Linnaeus, 1758

Siberian Musk-deer

Side view of male, canines visible
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Location:Germany, Saxony, Leipzig Zoological GardenDate taken:Jan 1, 1980

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 843

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

Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033877

Original name as described

Moschus moschiferus

Type locality

Tatary towards China = Altai Mountains.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Kazakhstan · Russia · Mongolia · China · North Korea · South Korea

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006350

Country distribution map

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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: 16 names and synonyms.

Moschus moschiferus

Linnaeus, 1758

Family

Moschidae

Root name

moschiferus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

66

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033877

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Linnaeus (1758:66, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033877) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57429)
  2. Linnaeus (1766:91, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946287) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38438)
  3. Boddaert (1772:71, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43563443) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67754)
  4. Erxleben (1777:319, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873116) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  5. Leske (1779:177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69307)
  6. Borowski (1780:60, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28347116) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67758)
  7. Zimmermann (1783:162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  8. Gmelin (1788:172, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751392) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  9. Kerr (1792:292, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664316) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  10. Link (1795:102, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272978) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35635)
  11. Cuvier (1797:159, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637241) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
  12. Lacépède (1799:13) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62452)
  13. Shaw (1801:249, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19632753) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37621)
  14. Bechstein (1801:186, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30309291) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60397)
  15. Daudin (1802:180, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033430) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  16. Turton (1802:107, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772963) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  17. Treviranus (1802:219, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11026085) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72409)
  18. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:243) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
  19. Treviranus (1803:178, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
  20. Fischer (1813:446, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29109557) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/49925)
  21. Fischer (1814:xiv, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130075) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  22. Illiger (1815:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080919) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  23. Voigt (1819:419) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69477)
  24. Muirhead (1819:455) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
  25. Hemprich (1820:39) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69417)
  26. Gray (1821:307) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9308)
  27. Bowdich (1821:79, https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_wVgQAQAAMAAJ/page/n79/mode/2up) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43468)
  28. Schinz (1821:373, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529134) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  29. Desmarest (1822:427, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521871) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
  30. Lesson (1827:353, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207820) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  31. Fischer (1829:438) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  32. Burnett (1830:353, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3909463) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44017)
  33. Eichwald (1831:348, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35753013) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67585)
  34. Ogilby (1839:lxxi, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2912386) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67483)
  35. Blyth (1840:136, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67419)
  36. Lesson (1842:175) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  37. Hodgson (1847:693, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40126218) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39848)
  38. Gray (1850:41, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47595023) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39734)
  39. Gray (1852:244, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956657) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35535)
  40. Horsfield (1857:404, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860978) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36026)
  41. Schrenck (1859:161, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33479304) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67819)
  42. Radde (1861:686, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11850876) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68932)
  43. Crisp (1862:136, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31577168) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67742)
  44. Radde (1862:274, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16012752) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68933)
  45. Blyth (1863:157, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534838) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  46. Milne-Edwards (1864:154, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29128069) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69487)
  47. Murray (1866:335, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580331) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  48. Jerdon (1867:266, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37300135) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68353)
  49. David (1871:93, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13955517) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62819)
  50. Gray (1872:96, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707863) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38721)
  51. Sclater (1872:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037886) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
  52. Nikol'skiy (1883:182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67821)
  53. Büchner (1891:163, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37008365) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68987)
  54. Flower & Lydekker (1891:315, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46965530) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34115)
  55. Ward (1910:114, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015757) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  56. Pocock (1911:937, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31561449) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67432)
  57. Flërov (1928:515) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68957)
  58. Weber (1928:569) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69650)
  59. Kishida & Mori (1931:380) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69755)
  60. Corbet & Hill (1980:118) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  61. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:323) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  62. Corbet & Hill (1991:127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  63. Grubb (1993:384) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69016)
  64. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  65. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:578) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  66. Smith & Xie (2008:457) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  67. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:345) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  68. Groves & Grubb (2011:60) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  69. Groves & Grubb (2011:60) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  70. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13897) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  71. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13897) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  72. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  73. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13897/61977573) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Moschus sibiricus

Pallas, 1779

Family

Moschidae

Root name

sibiricus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

29

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27823442

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Gray (1850:41, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47595023) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39734)
  2. Gray (1852:243, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956656) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35535)
  3. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  4. Groves & Grubb (2011:60) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Tragulus Moschus

(Boddaert, 1785)

Family

Moschidae

Root name

moschus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

131

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230095

Authority publication

Rotterdam

Name usages

  1. Boddaert (1785:131, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230095) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Moschus altaicus

von Eschscholtz in Jobst, 1830

Family

Moschidae

Root name

altaicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

606

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27508210

Authority publication

Isis von Oken

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Moschus moschiferus Var. 3. Sibiricus

A. David, 1871

Family

Moschidae

Root name

sibiricus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

93

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13955517

Authority publication

Nouvelles archives du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. David (1871:93, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13955517) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62819)
  2. Flërov (1928:516) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68957)

Moschus moschiferus, var. concolor

J. E. Gray, 1872

Family

Moschidae

Root name

concolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

96

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707863

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Gray (1872:96, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707863) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38721)

Moschus moschiferus, var. fasciatus

J. E. Gray, 1872

Family

Moschidae

Root name

fasciatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

96

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707863

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

  1. Gray (1872:96, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707863) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38721)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Moschus moschiferus, var. maculatus

J. E. Gray, 1872

Family

Moschidae

Root name

maculatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

96

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707863

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

  1. Gray (1872:96, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707863) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38721)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Moschus parvipes

Hollister, 1911

Family

Moschidae

Root name

parvipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:143184

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33c0bb92f-af62-4aa3-a658-4357a1b81d50

Authority page

1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3334527

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Weber (1928:569) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69650)

Moschus moschiferus arcticus

Flerov, 1928

Family

Moschidae

Root name

arcticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN O. 11073, ZIN O. 13980

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

516

Authority publication

Доклады Академии наук СССР

Name usages

  1. Flërov (1928:516) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68957)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  3. Groves & Grubb (2011:60) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

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