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Established in 1964, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species has evolved to become the world’s most comprehensive information source on the global conservation status of animal, fungi and plant species.
Aug 7, 2023 · Himalayan musk deer ( Moschus leucogaster) is classified as an endangered species by IUCN with a historically misunderstood distribution due to misidentification with other species of musk...
The white-bellied musk deer or Himalayan musk deer (Moschus leucogaster) is a musk deer species occurring in the Himalayas of Nepal, Bhutan, India, Pakistan and China. It is listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List because of overexploitation resulting in a probable serious population decline.
Mar 20, 2019 · Musk deer Moschus spp. are endemic to the high mountain forests of central Asia. The taxonomic status of musk deer in the central and western Himalayas is poorly understood.
Jan 30, 2020 · Kashmir musk deer Moschus cupreus (KMD) are the least studied species of musk deer. We compiled genetically validated occurrence records of KMD to construct species distribution models...
Conservation Status. Himalayan musk deer are listed as endangered on both the IUCN Red List and the US Federal List. CITES lists the small number of Himalayan musk deer that inhabit China in Appendix II and all other Himalayan musk deer in Appendix I. Himalayan musk deer are threatened by hunting, habitat fragmentation, habitat reduction, and ...
Jan 1, 2019 · The Himalayan Musk Deer is listed as endangered by IUCN ( Harris, 2016) and Schedule-I animal in the Forest and Nature Conservation Act of Bhutan 1995 which provides maximum legal protection to the species.
Feb 16, 2024 · We used a combination of bioclimatic, anthropogenic, topographic, and vegetation-related variables to predict the current suitable habitat for Himalayan Musk deer in Nepal. A total of 16 predictor variables were used for habitat suitability modeling after the multicollinearity test.
Jan 29, 2021 · Status of Himalayan Musk Deer (Moschus chrysogaster) in Askot Wildlife Sanctuary, India. Kailash Chandra. , Dinesh K .Sharma.
Dec 19, 2020 · Dehradun: After a small site-specific survey on it in the early 1990s by a Wildlife Institute of India (WII) scientist, not much research has been done on the musk deer, an “endangered species” that falls in the IUCN red list and is Uttarakhand’s state animal.
