Editing Musk deer (section)

== Habitat ==
The musk deer species is generally solitary and lives in the higher regions of mountain ranges, such as the Himalayas. The varying species' habitats include different atmospheres and necessary resources for their survival, while including similar universal resources. Musk deer population has been declining recently due to environmental and human factors.<ref name="Green-1986"/> As a large-bodied mammal, they have great needs that are not able to be sustained due to habitat fragmentation.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Zhixiao |first1=Liu |last2=Helin |first2=Sheng |date=2002-03-01 |title=Effect of Habitat Fragmentation and Isolation on the Population of Alpine Musk Deer |url=https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1014456909480 |journal=Russian Journal of Ecology |language=en |volume=33 |issue=2 |pages=121–124 |doi=10.1023/A:1014456909480 |issn=1608-3334|url-access=subscription }}</ref> This species is largely protected due to the threat of extinction, due to the increase in illegal hunting. Illegal hunting has significantly decreased the population throughout many of the provinces musk deer occupy.<ref name="Liu-2022"/> Their habitats are being lost to colonization and deforestation and hunting for musk deer was on the rise.<ref name="Meng-2003"/> They were hunted for their distinct products that are very valuable in the market.<ref name="Zhou-2004"/> Since then, the Chinese government has stepped in to regulate these issues.<ref name="Meng-2003" /> They have placed rules pertaining to the killing of musk deer and created havens for the deer to survive. To help with the declining numbers, the deforestation of their natural habitat should be stopped and new habitats should be invested in them.<ref name="Green-1986" /> Global climate change has also driven the musk deer population down. The warmer climates result in the drive to higher elevations and latitudes.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Jiang |first1=Feng |last2=Zhang |first2=Jingjie |last3=Gao |first3=Hongmei |last4=Cai |first4=Zhenyuan |last5=Zhou |first5=Xiaowen |last6=Li |first6=Shengqing |last7=Zhang |first7=Tongzuo |date=February 2020 |title=Musk deer (Moschus spp.) face redistribution to higher elevations and latitudes under climate change in China |journal=Science of the Total Environment |volume=704 |pages=135335 |doi=10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135335 |pmid=31784177 |bibcode=2020ScTEn.70435335J |issn=0048-9697|doi-access=free }}</ref> Global warming and habitat fragmentation are two causes for the population decrease.