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Moschus (musk deer)
Taxonomy
Moschus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type genus of Moschinae.
It was assigned to Pecora by Linnaeus (1758); to Moschina by Gray (1825); to Ruminantia by Owen (1848); to Moschinae by Prothero (2007); and to Moschidae by Carroll (1988), Hassanin and Douzery (2003), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).
It was assigned to Pecora by Linnaeus (1758); to Moschina by Gray (1825); to Ruminantia by Owen (1848); to Moschinae by Prothero (2007); and to Moschidae by Carroll (1988), Hassanin and Douzery (2003), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Moschus Linnaeus p. 66 |
| 1825 | Moschus Gray p. 342 |
| 1848 | Moschus Owen p. 139 |
| 1988 | Moschus Carroll |
| 2003 | Moschus Hassanin and Douzery p. 212 |
| 2007 | Moschus Prothero p. 224 |
| 2008 | Moschus Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 978 figs. Fig. 5 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Moschus Linnaeus 1758 [musk deer]
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Moschus berezovskii Flerov 1928
Moschus chrysogaster Hodgson 1839 [Alpine musk deer]
Moschus fuscus Li 1981
†Moschus grandeavus Schlosser 1924
Moschus leucogaster Hodgson 1839 [Himalayan musk deer]
Moschus moschiferus Linnaeus 1758 [musk deer]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Turolian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 8.72500 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 7.246 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 7.246 Ma
Collections (10 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Tortonian | China (Yunnan) | Moschus sp. (11798) | |
| Turolian | China (Yunnan) | Moschus sp. (44220 44221 44222 44224) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | China (Anhui) | Moschus sp. (68380) | |
| Pleistocene | China (Liaoyang) | Moschus moschiferus (34667) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | China (Guizhou) | Moschus sp. (51100) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | China (Hubei) | Moschus sp. (234753) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | China (Hubei) | Moschus moschiferus (92787) |