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Dwarf Musk Deer
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
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 (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

[edit] References

^ 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.
^ Endangered Species - Dwarf Musk Deer Facts
^ Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder (Ed.): Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. 3. Auflage. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 25 December 2009, ISBN 0-8018-8221-4 (2142 Seiten).

[iucn-0] 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.

[1] Endangered Species - Dwarf Musk Deer Facts

[2] Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder (Ed.): Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. 3. Auflage. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 25 December 2009, ISBN 0-8018-8221-4 (2142 Seiten).

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