Descriptions of East Asiatic Mammals 329 
as more primitive than the Chinese River Deer and the Cervinae, 
because it retains the gall bladder, which the latter have lost. At 
the same time, the Musk Deer has developed special characters, 
including the peculiar preputial musk gland on the abdomen in 
the males. The lack of a facial gland beneath the eyes and of 
its recess in the bones of the face, both usually present in other 
subfamilies, is characteristic. No antlers are developed in either 
sex, nor are foot glands developed. There are 2 pairs of nipples 
on the lower abdomen. Two young are born in the spring. 
The Musk Deer, Moschus moschiferus, has the general 
appearance of a very large hare. It is a stoutly built animal with 
long, thick hind limbs, large ears, very short tail, half -bristly and 
half -woolly hair, and the canine teeth of the males extremely 
long and dagger-like, while those of the females are quite small. 
The lateral hoofs on the sides of the legs are relatively large, 
unusually expansible as in the Pigs, and often touch the 
ground. 
Fig. 68. Musk Deer, Moschus moschiferus. 
