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=== Taxonomy === {{for|a complete taxonomy|Moschidae}}While they have been traditionally classified as members of the deer family (as the subfamily "Moschinae") and all the species were classified as one species (under ''Moschus moschiferus''), recent studies have indicated that moschids are more closely related to [[Bovidae|bovid]]s ([[antelope]], [[Caprinae|goats, sheep]] and [[Bovinae|cattle]]).<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Hassanin A, Douzery EJ | title = Molecular and morphological phylogenies of ruminantia and the alternative position of the moschidae | journal = Systematic Biology | volume = 52 | issue = 2 | pages = 206β28 | date = April 2003 | pmid = 12746147 | doi = 10.1080/10635150390192726 | doi-access = free }}</ref><ref name=Guha2007>{{cite journal | vauthors = Guha S, Goyal SP, Kashyap VK | title = Molecular phylogeny of musk deer: a genomic view with mitochondrial 16S rRNA and cytochrome b gene | journal = Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution | volume = 42 | issue = 3 | pages = 585β97 | date = March 2007 | pmid = 17158073 | doi = 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.06.020 | bibcode = 2007MolPE..42..585G }}</ref> {| |+ Genus {{big|'''''Moschus'''''}} ! Species name !! Common name !! Distribution |- | [[Siberian musk deer|''M. moschiferus'']] || Siberian musk deer || North East Asia |- | [[Anhui musk deer|''M. anhuiensis'']] || Anhui musk deer || Eastern China |- | [[Dwarf musk deer|''M. berezovskii'']] || Dwarf musk deer || South China and Northern Vietnam |- | [[Black musk deer|''M. fuscus'']] || Black musk deer || Eastern Himalayas |- | [[Alpine musk deer|''M. chrysogaster'']] || Alpine musk deer || Eastern Himalayas |- | [[Kashmir musk deer|''M. cupreus'']] || Kashmir musk deer || Western Himalayas and Hindu Kush |- | [[White-bellied musk deer|''M. leucogaster'']] || White-bellied musk deer || Central Himalayas |} <gallery> File:Moschus berezovskii - Kunming Natural History Museum of Zoology - DSC02453.JPG|Dwarf musk deer File:Moschus fuscus - Kunming Natural History Museum of Zoology - DSC02455.JPG|Black musk deer File:Moschus chrysogaster.jpg|Alpine musk deer </gallery>
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