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Moschus moschiferus   Listen
Moschus moschiferus

noun
1.
Small heavy-limbed upland deer of central Asia; male secretes valued musk.  Synonym: musk deer.






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... in the female of Antilope subgutturosa. Hence, there can be no doubt that they stand in close relation with the reproductive functions. They are also sometimes present, and sometimes absent, in nearly allied forms. In the adult male musk-deer (Moschus moschiferus), a naked space round the tail is bedewed with an odoriferous fluid, whilst in the adult female, and in the male until two years old, this space is covered with hair and is not odoriferous. The proper musk- sack of this deer is from its position necessarily confined to the male, and forms an additional ...
— The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex • Charles Darwin



Words linked to "Moschus moschiferus" :   deer, genus Moschus, cervid, Moschus



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