Dwarf musk deer

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

Dwarf musk deer
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2][note 1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Moschidae
Genus:	Moschus
Species:	M. berezovskii
Binomial name
Moschus berezovskii Flerov, 1929

Parasites

Eimeria spp. from Moschus berezovskii

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]