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MOSCHUS MOSCHIFERUS [1 record]

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Record 1 2016-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
Universal entry(ies)
Moschus moschiferus
Latin
DEF

A small, hornless deer, of central Asia, the male of which secretes musk.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Moschus moschiferus
Latin
DEF

Mammifère artiodactyle des hautes montagnes d'Asie centrale. Le mâle possède, sous la peau du ventre, une glande de la taille d'une prune, contenant une trentaine de grammes d'une sécrétion brune, le musc, recherchée en parfumerie. Famille des cervidés; tribu des moschinés.

Spanish

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