Musk Deer: Species, Subspecies & Geographic Distribution

Musk Deer — Species and Subspecies

1. Moschus Fuscus — Black / Dusky Musk Deer

Monotypic — no recognized subspecies

Place: northwestern Yunnan + southeastern Xizang/Tibet, China; northern Myanmar; northeastern India; Bhutan; eastern Nepal.

2. Moschus Berezovskii — Dwarf / Forest Musk Deer

1. Moschus Berezovskii Berezovskii — central and northern-central China

2. Moschus Berezovskii Bijiangensis — northwestern Yunnan → southeastern Xizang/Tibet

3. Moschus Berezovskii Caobangis — southern China + northern Vietnam

4. Moschus Berezovskii Yanguiensis — Yunnan–Guizhou region → western Hubei.

3. Moschus Chrysogaster — Alpine Musk Deer

1. Moschus Chrysogaster Chrysogaster — India, Nepal + Bhutan

2. Moschus Chrysogaster Sifanicus — southern Gansu, southern Ningxia, Qinghai, western Sichuan, southern Xizang/Tibet + northern Yunnan, China.

4. Moschus Leucogaster — White-bellied / Himalayan Musk Deer

Monotypic — no recognized subspecies

Place: Bhutan, northern India, Nepal + southern Xizang/Tibet

5. Moschus Anhuiensis — Anhui Musk Deer

Monotypic — no recognized subspecies

Place: Anhui Province, China, particularly the Dabie Mountains.

6. Moschus Cupreus — Kashmir Musk Deer

Monotypic — no recognized subspecies

Place: northeastern Afghanistan + northern Pakistan + northwestern India

7. Moschus Moschiferus — Siberian Musk Deer

1. Moschus Moschiferus Moschiferus — Siberia + Altai, Russia; northern Mongolia; northeastern/northern China

2. Moschus Moschiferus Arcticus — Verkhoyansk Range, Chersky Range, upper Kolyma, Dzhugdzhur Range + northern Stanovoy Range, Yakutia/Russia

3. Moschus Moschiferus Parvipes — Korea

4. Moschus Moschiferus Sachalinensis — Sakhalin Island, Russia

5. Moschus Moschiferus Turowi — Sikhote-Alin Mountains → west to the Zeya River, Russian Far East.