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MAMMALIA. 



Moschus moschiferus. 



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

 Gleanings in Science, iii, p. 320, pi. xxi ; Pallas Zoog. Ross. As., p. iq8 ; 

 Walker Calc. Journ. N. H., iii, p. 267. ; Wagner Hugel'a Kaschmir, iv, 

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

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

 Cat., p. ^$T ; Milne Edwards Ann. Sci. Nat. (5), ii, p. 154, pi. iv, fig. 1 ; 

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

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

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

 xlvi, p. 286 ; id. J.A.S.B., xlix, p. 4 ; Scully i". 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. B., xi, p. 285. 



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

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

 Pahoo, Assamese. 



Distribution. — 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. 



a. Skin $ Sikkim 



b. Skin S Basalgah, Gilgit, 7-79 



c. Skin 



d. Skin S Ladak 



e. Skin $ 



/. Skin, $ Ladak 



g. Skin juv. Basalgah, Gilgit, 7-79 

 k. Skin juv. Sikkim 

 j. Skin juv. Yarkand 



k. Skm juv. 



I. Skeleton $ 



jav. 

 m. Stuffed $ North oE Simla 

 n. Skeleton, 



mted. 

 o. Skull i Gilgit 

 p. Skull $ 



q-s. 3 Skulls Si 



L. MandeUi, 1877. 



J. Scully, 1888. 



No history, A. S.B. 



J. Biddulph, 1877. 



Sir W. W. Hunter, 1886. 



J. Biddulph, 1877. 



J. Scully, 1888. 



L. MandeUi, 1877. 



J. Armstrong. 



No history. 



W. Rutledge, 1874. 



F. Stoliczka [Ex.], 1869. 

 No history. 



J. Scully (1888). 



G. T. Lushington (1849), 

 A .S. B. 



A. S. B. 



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, BlythJ.A.S.B., xx, p. 174 (1851), 



