430 EXTINCT AND VANISHING MAMMALS 



G. G. Goodwin writes (in litt., May 18, 1937) : "The musk deer, 

 ... in eastern Siberia, is really quite plentiful, and I don't think 

 that at the present time there is any danger of its immediate exter- 

 mination. Hunters get a few in their traps from time to time, but 

 [in 1929-30] I saw plenty of evidence of a number of animals in 

 the Amur region." 



The Cedar Valley Reservation (Kedrovaya Pad) , on Amur Bay, 

 comprising 7,500 hectares, provides for the protection of Musk Deer, 

 among other animals (Makaroff, in Skottsberg, 1934, p. 433) . 



[The Musk Deer of the Verkhoyansk region of Siberia has been 

 described as Moschus moschiferus arcticus Flerov (C. R. Acad. Sci. 

 URSS, 1928A, no. 24, p. 516, 1929; type locality, "Mount Toulaiakh- 

 khaia, north-eastern branch of the chain of Taskhaiakhtakh," 

 460 km. north of Verkhoyansk) . It is described as having a smaller 

 skull and darker coloration than M. m. moschiferus. Its range is 

 given as the Verkhoyansk district, from latitude 60 N. to lati- 

 tude 70. (According to Pallas (1779, p. 16) , the Musk Deer ranges 

 as far east as the Indigirka, where it is rare.) 



No recent information is at hand as to the numerical status of 

 arcticus. Pallas, however, remarks (1779, p. 16) that at the junction 

 of the Ilga with, the Lena a hunter will often get over 100 specimens 

 during a winter. (In the absence of information as to the exact 

 location of the "Ilga," it cannot be stated with certainty to what 

 subspecies Pallas's remark applies.) ] 



Sakhalin Musk Deer 



MOSCHUS MOSCHIFERUS SACHALINENSIS FlerOV 



Moschus moschiferus sachalinensis Flerov, C. R. Acad. Sci. URSS, 1928A, 

 no. 24, p. 517, 1929. ("The island of Sakhalin.") 



The Musk Deer of Sakhalin is "threatened with destruction" 

 (Miyoshi, in Skottsberg, 1934, p. 411). 



It is distinguished from M. m. moschiferus on skull characters. 



According to Schrenck (1859, pp. 162-163), it was found only in 

 the high, forested mountains in the interior of the island. At that 

 period skins and musk pods were being traded to a Russian- 

 American company. Kuroda writes (1928, p. 228) that "it seems to 

 be rare." 



Korean Musk Deer 



MOSCHUS MOSCHIFERUS PARVIPES Hollister 



Moschus parvipes Hollister, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 24, p. 1, 1911. 

 ("Mountains near Mok-po, South Tscholla Province, Korea/') 



The Korean Musk Deer is doubtless suffering from the same sort 

 of persecution as the other subspecies. 



