The dwarf musk deer or Chinese forest musk deer (Moschus berezovskii,
Chinese: 林麝;
pinyin: Lín shè) is an
artiodactyl native to southern and central
China and northernmost
Vietnam. The species name is after the collector
Mikhail Mikhailovich Berezovsky. On June 14, 1976, China entered the dwarf musk deer onto its endangered species list.[3] Four subspecies are recognized:[4]
Moschus berezovskii berezovskii Flerov, 1929
Moschus berezovskii bijiangensis Wang & Li, 1993
Moschus berezovskii caobangis Dao, 1969
Moschus berezovskii yanguiensis Wang & Ma, 1993
Parasites
As most animals, the dwarf musk deer harbours a number of parasites.[5] In 2021, a study showed that ten species of
Eimeria, which are
apicomplexan protozoans living in the digestive tract, were specific of this host.[6]
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^Hu, Xiao-Long; Liu, Gang; Wei, Yu-Ting; Wang, Yi-Hua; Zhang, Tian-Xiang; Yang, Shuang; Hu, De-Fu; Liu, Shu-Qiang (2018). "Regional and seasonal effects on the gastrointestinal parasitism of captive forest musk deer". Acta Tropica. 177: 1–8.
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