Alpine musk deer

Alpine musk deer
Illustration of an alpine musk deer
CITES Appendix I 
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Moschidae
Genus: Moschus
Species:
M. chrysogaster
Binomial name
Moschus chrysogaster
Hodgson, 1839
Moschidae distribution. Moschus chrysogaster in red.

The alpine musk deer (Moschus chrysogaster) is a musk deer species native to the eastern Himalayas in Nepal, Bhutan and India to the highlands of Tibet.

The alpine musk deer recorded in the Himalayan foothills is now considered a separate species, the Himalayan musk deer.

It is the state animal of Uttarakhand.

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