Alpine musk deer | |
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A female Alpine musk deer | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Moschidae |
Genus: | Moschus |
Species: | M. chrysogaster |
Binomial name | |
Moschus chrysogaster Hodgson, 1839 |
The Alpine musk deer (Moschus chrysogaster) is a musk deer species native to the eastern Himalayas in Nepal, Bhutan and India to the highlands of central China.
Two subspecies are recognized:
The Alpine musk deer recorded in the Himalayan foothills is now considered a separate species, the Himalayan musk deer.
Moschus chrysogaster is the state animal of Uttarakhand.