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The Central Asian red deer (Cervus hanglu), also known as the Tarim red deer, is a deer species native to Central Asia, where it used to be widely distributed, but is scattered today with small population units in several countries. It has been listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List since 2017. [1] It was first described in the mid-19th ...
The autumn/winter coats of most subspecies are most distinct. The Caspian red deer's winter coat is greyer and has a larger and more distinguished light rump-patch (like wapiti and some central Asian red deer) compared with the Western European red deer, which has more of a greyish-brown coat with a darker yellowish rump patch in the winter.
The Bactrian deer (Cervus hanglu bactrianus), also called the Bukhara deer, Bokhara deer, or Bactrian wapiti, is a lowland subspecies of Central Asian red deer native to Central Asia. It is similar in ecology to the related Yarkand deer (C. h. yarkandensis) in that it occupies riparian corridors surrounded by deserts.
One kilogram (2.2 lb) of musk grains requires 30 - 50 deer, which together with their high demand for perfumes and medicines makes musk tinctures highly expensive. Notable species of musk deer, in modern China are: Alpine musk deer (Moschus chrysogaster), occurs in the highlands of central China, south and west to the Himalayas
Europe and western Asia (former range in light green) Size: 160–270 cm (63–106 in) long; 75–150 cm (30–59 in) tall at shoulder [87] Habitat: Forest, shrubland, grassland, and rocky areas [88] Diet: Shrub and tree shoots, as well as grasses, sedges, shrubs, fruit, and seeds [88] LC Unknown [88] Central Asian red deer. C. hanglu Wagner, 1844
Male musk deer have scent glands that secrete deer musk, which is used for perfume, incense and medicine. Of the seven musk deer species in the world, six are found in China and five are endangered: the Anhui musk deer and dwarf musk deer of central China, the alpine musk deer of western China, the white-bellied musk deer and black musk deer of
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[2] [4] The Central Asian red deer was considered its own species (including the Yarkand deer, Kashmir stag and Bactrian deer as subspecies) by the IUCN in 2017, [6] and by the American Society of Mammalogists in 2021. [7] Others members of the red deer group, which may represent separate species, are C. corsicanus, C. wallichi and C. xanthopygus.