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MAMMALIA. 



Moschus moschiferus. 



Moschus moschiferus, Linnceus Syst. Nat., 12th ed., i, p 91 (1766) ; Hodgson 

 Gleanings in Science, iii, p. 320, pl.xxi; Pallas Zong. Ross. As., p. iq8 ; 

 Walker Calc. Journ. N. H ., iii, p. 267. ; Wagner Htigel's Kaschmir, iv, 

 p. 576; Middendorf Siberische Reise.. p. 118; Adams P. Z. S., 1858, 

 p. 528 ; Schrenck Amurland, p. 161 ; Radde Ost Siberien, p. 274 ; Blyth 

 C«^., p. 157 ; Milne Ed-wards Ann. Sci. Nat. (5), ii, p. 154, pi. iv, fig. i ; 

 Jerdon Mamrn., p. 266 ; Kinloch Large Game Shooting, i, p. 41 [with plate 

 of head] ; Milne Edwards Rech. Mamvi., p. 176, pis. xix, xx ; Blanford 

 J. A. S. B., xli, p. 39 ; Flower P. Z. S., 1875, p. 159 ; Lydekker J. A. S. B., 

 xlvi, p. 286 ; id. y. /I. 5'. 5., xlix, p. 4 ; Scully P. Z. 5"., 1881, p. 209. 



Moschus sibiricus, Pallas Spic. Zool., xiii, p. 29, pis. iv, v, vi, (1779). 



Moschus altaicus, Eschscholtz Isis., p. 606(1830). 



Moschus chrysogaster "^ 



Moschus leucogaster ^ Hodgson J. A. S. B., viii, p. 203 (1839) ; id. J. A. 



Moschus saturatus j S. £., xi, p. 285. 



The Musk Deer; Kusturee or Russ, Kashmiri ; Kastura, Hind; 

 La or Lawa, Tibetan ; Ribjo in Ladak; Bena in Kunawar; Gan 

 Pahoo, Assamese. 



DistrihuHon. — Eastern Central Asia, from Amurland (Schrenck) 

 and Transbaikalia and even further north, through Mongolia and 

 Thibet to the Himalayas; in the latter is found from Gilgit to 

 Bhootan at considerable elevations; Milne Edwards also gives the 

 mountains of Cochin-China as a locality for the species. 



Genus CERVULUS. 



Cervulus, Blainville Bull. Soc. Philom., p. 77 (1816)*. 

 Stylocerus, H Smith, Griffith An. Kingd., v., p. 319(1827). 

 Prox, Ogilby P. Z S., p. 135 (1836). Type, C. muntjac 

 Muntjacus, Blyth J. A. S. B., xx, p. .174 (185 1). 



