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Moschus (musk deer)
Taxonomy
Moschus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type genus of Moschinae.
It was assigned to Pecora by Linnaeus (1758); to Moschina by Gray (1825); to Ruminantia by Owen (1848); to Moschinae by Prothero (2007); and to Moschidae by Carroll (1988), Hassanin and Douzery (2003) and Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).
It was assigned to Pecora by Linnaeus (1758); to Moschina by Gray (1825); to Ruminantia by Owen (1848); to Moschinae by Prothero (2007); and to Moschidae by Carroll (1988), Hassanin and Douzery (2003) and Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1758 | Moschus Linnaeus p. 66 |
| 1825 | Moschus Gray p. 342 |
| 1848 | Moschus Owen p. 139 |
| 1988 | Moschus Carroll |
| 2003 | Moschus Hassanin and Douzery p. 212 |
| 2007 | Moschus Prothero p. 224 |
| 2008 | Moschus Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 978 figs. Fig. 5 |
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