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Head of .Musk-Deer. 



MUSK DEER (Moschus moschiferus). 



From all living deer except the Chinese water-deer this species is 

 distinguished by the absence of antlers, whose function as weapons is dis- 

 charged in the male by long upper tusks. The tail is rudimentary, the 

 fur coarse and brittle, and the lateral hoofs are very large. The males 

 have a glandular pouch which secretes the musk from which the species 

 takes its name. Height at shoulder about 20 inches, at rump 22 inches. 

 Distribution* The forest districts of the Himalaya as far west as Gilgit, 



at elevations of 8000 feet or more in summer, to Tibet, Siberia, 



Western China, and Amurland. 



Length of Tusk 

 on outside curve. 



4 Kashmir 



exposed from taiin 



-j.j Himalaya 



Locality. 



Owner. 



.Major II. C. Tytler. 



Major \Y. Anstruther Gray. 



G. \Y. llurton. 



Dr. Albert von Stephani. 



Capt. K. Channel. 



A. O. Hume. 



British Museum. 



Rowland YVaid. 



Sir Kdmund G. I.oder. Bait. 



Major A. Nugent. 



- Owner's measurements. 



