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Moschus cupreus Grubb 1982
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Moschus cupreus Grubb 1982
Moschus cupreus Grubb 1982, Saugetierkdl. Mitt., 30: 133.
Type Locality: India or Pakistan, "Kashmir (no precise locality)".
Vernacular Names: Kashmir Musk Deer.
Distribution: Himalayas of India and Pakistan in Kashmir, and N Afghanistan.
Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered.
Discussion: Originally described as a subspecies of chrysogaster; very similar to leucogaster; Groves et al. (1995) suggested that cupreus might be a separate species.
Notes
Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, pp. 637-722 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 651, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519
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- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/AB6A4FBA464988A6B3A53F4B8CD52B4B (URL)
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- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/B78D20A8247E91AA28623DD072C7A491 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231541381 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Grubb
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Artiodactyla
- Family
- Moschidae
- Genus
- Moschus
- Species
- cupreus
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- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Moschus cupreus Grubb, 1982 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005