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. The species name is after the collector Mikhail Mikhailovich Berezovsky. On June 14, 1976, China entered the dwarf musk deer onto its endangered species list.[3] Four subspecies are recognized:[4]
- Moschus berezovskii berezovskii Flerov, 1929
- Moschus berezovskii bijiangensis Wang & Li, 1993
- Moschus berezovskii caobangis Dao, 1969
- Moschus berezovskii yanguiensis Wang & Ma, 1993
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Moschidae |
| Genus: | Moschus |
| Species: | M. berezovskii
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| Moschus berezovskii Flerov, 1929
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Parasites
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As most animals, the dwarf musk deer harbours a number of parasites.[5] In 2021, a study showed that ten species of Eimeria, which are apicomplexan protozoans living in the digestive tract, were specific of this host.[6]
References
edit- ^ Wang, Y.; Harris, R. (2016) [errata version of 2015 assessment]. "Moschus berezovskii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T13894A103431781. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T13894A61976926.en. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ Endangered Species – Dwarf Musk Deer Facts
- ^ Don E. Wilson; DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (2005), Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (in German) (3rd ed.), Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, ISBN 0-8018-8221-4
- ^ Hu, Xiao-Long; Liu, Gang; Wei, Yu-Ting; Wang, Yi-Hua; Zhang, Tian-Xiang; Yang, Shuang; Hu, De-Fu; Liu, Shu-Qiang (2018). "Regional and seasonal effects on the gastrointestinal parasitism of captive forest musk deer". Acta Tropica. 177: 1–8. doi:10.1016/j.actatropica.2017.09.021. PMID 28963064.
- ^ Gao, Yunyun; Duszynski, Donald W.; Yuan, Fulin; Hu, Defu; Zhang, Dong (2021). "Coccidian parasites in the endangered Forest Musk Deer (Moschus berezovskii) in China, with the description of six new species of Eimeria (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae)". Parasite. 28: 70. doi:10.1051/parasite/2021067. PMC 8525326. PMID 34665126.
Notes
edit- ^ Only populations of Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan. All other populations are included in Appendix II.