Musk deer

a small deer, so called because the male has in the skin of the abdomen a small bag containing the substance known as musk. This can be sold by the hunter for IMG:p402_7.png:Chinese characters or $20 Mexican, say £1 or £2; the consequence is that the deer is mercile ly hunted, chiefly by snaring which takes male and female alike. It is therefore becoming rare and foreigners find it difficult to procure specimens for study. The use of the musk-gland is uncertain, as there is no odour in it while fresh. Moschus chrysogaster is found in Ssuch'uan, M. si f aniens in Kansu, and M. sibiricus, a dark brown species with a cream-yellow patch on the throat, is found in Shansi and Chihli. See Cervidce; Musk. Sowerby:, Fur and Feather in North China.