Moschus moschiferus Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat., 10th ed.,1:66.

TYPE LOCALITY: U.S.S.R., S.W. Siberia, Altai Mtns.("Tataria versus Chineum").

DISTRIBUTION: Forests of E. Siberia; N. Mongolia; N. China west to Kansu;Anwei (SW); Korea; Sakhalin Isl.

COMMENT: Includes sibiricus; see Corbet, 1978:198. Type locality restricted by Heptner and Naumov, eds., 1961, [Mammals of the Soviet Union], p. 83.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as Moschus spp.

CITES - Appendix I as M. moschiferus (Himalayan population only) and U.S. ESA - Endangered as M. m. moschiferus subspecies only.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301419006001001001.