Family MOSCHIDAE (MUSK-DEER)

• Small, hornless ruminants with hindquarters considerably higher than forequarters, long, rabbit-like, upright ears, long limbs, small tail, and thick, grayish or brownish hairs, standing erect on upperparts of body; male with long, slender, curved upper canines, large glandular sac on belly, and glandulartail.

• 70-100 cm.

• Palearctic and Indo-Malayan Regions.

• Forest and alpine scrub in mountains and hilly country.

• 1 genus, 7 species, 13 taxa.

• 6 species Endangered, 1 species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.