Alpine musk deer

Alpine musk deer

Order : Artiodactyla
Family : Moschidae
Species : Moschus chrysogaster

 

The Alpine musk deer, himalayan musk deer is listed as Near Threatened (LR/nt), is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Namings for the alpine musk deer
A young / baby of a alpine musk deer is called a 'fawn or ass'. The females are called 'doe, hind or cow' and males 'buck, stag or bull'. A alpine musk deer group is called a 'herd'.
Some facts about the
Alpine musk deer

Adult weight : 11 kg (24.2 lbs)

Female maturity :639 days

Litter size : 1

Weight at birth : 0.8 kg (1.76 lbs)

Source: AnAge, licensed under CC

Facts about the alpine musk deer

Moschus chrysogaster is found in the Himalayas, in central and southern China, and in northern Viet Nam. (Full text)

Musk deer (moschus chrysogaster) is distributed in the Himalayan region.

Deer Research Centre The Deer Research Centre established at Godavari, Lalitpur, with an objective of developing artificial breeding of musk deer (Moschus chrysogaster), is presently engaged in a number of deer handling works, and it could be

International Society of Naturalists general secretary, G M Oza, said musk deer (Moschus Chrysogaster) is found all over the Himalayan region. (Full text)

Moschus chrysogaster is found in the Himalayas, Central and Southern China, and Northern Vietnam.

International Society of Naturalists (INSONA) general secretary G M Oza said musk deer (moschus chrysogaster) is distributed in the Himalayan region.

Oza said musk deer (Moschus chrysogaster) is distributed in the Himalayan region. (Full text)

More animals beginning with A

Custom Search
Play animal guess

Contact Us | ©2011 TheWebsiteOfEverything.com | Privacy information | Alpine musk deer