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IB. AOKI : 



Sub-Fam. Moschinas. 



Gen. Moschus Linn. 



Mosekits, Linnaeus, S. N., (io), p. 66 (1758); Blanford, Fauna Brit. 

 Ind. Mamm., p. 551 (1888—91). 



192. Moschus moschiferus Linn. 



Moschus moschiferus, Linnaeus, S. N., (10), p. 66 (1758) ; Hodgson, 

 Gleanings in Science, iii, p. 320; Pallas, Zool. Rosso Asiat., p. 198; 

 Walker, Cale. Journ. N. H., iii, p. 267 ; Wagner, Hugel's Kaschmir, 

 iv, p. 576; Middendorf, Siberische Reise, p. 118; Hutton, J. A. S. B., 

 vi, p. 935 ; Hodgson, ibid., xvi, p. 693 ; ibid., xvii, p. 486 ; Adams, 

 P. Z. S., 1858, p. 528 ; Schrenck, Amur Land, Mamm., p. 161 (1859) ; 

 Raddc, Ost Sibérien, p. 274; Blyth, Cat., p. 157; Milne-Edwards, 

 Ann. Sci. Nat., (5), ii, p. 154; Jerdon, Mamm., p. 266; Kinlocb, Large 

 Game Shooting, i, p. 41; Milne-Edwards, Rech. Mamm., p. 176; 

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

 Lydekker, J. A. S. B., xlvi, p. 286 ; ibid., xlix, p. 4 ; Scully, P. Z. S., 

 1881, p. 209; Blanford, Fauna Brit. Ind. Mamm., p. 552 (1888 — 91); 

 Sclater, Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mus., ii, p. 172 (1891); Allen, Bull. Amer. 

 Mus. Nat. Hist., xix, p. 129 (1903); Thomas, P. Z. S., 191 1, p. 150. 



Moschus Sibiriens, Pallas, Spie. Zool., xiii, p. 29 (1779). 



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



Moschus chrysogaster, leucogaster et saturatus, Hodgson, J. A. S. 

 B., viii, p. 203 (1839); ibid., xi, p. 285. 



Nom. Jap. Jiakö-shika. Nom. Ang. Musk-deer. 



DlST. Throughout the Himalayas as far west as Gilgit, at eleva- 

 tions exceeding 8000 ft. (in Sikhim in the summer above 12,000), in 

 forest and frushwood. Also in Thibet and other parts of Central Asia 

 as far north as Siberia (Blanford). Saghalien (Schrenck). 



