Moschidae is a family of pecoran even-toed ungulates containing the musk deer and its extinct relatives. Members lack horns, antlers, or ossicones, instead bearing long saber-like canine teeth, and are modest in size, with the living genus Moschus reaching at most about seventeen kilograms. Today the family survives as a single genus, Moschus, with seven extant species of musk deer ranging across the highlands of Asia. The family was far more diverse across Eurasia and North America during the Miocene before declining to its modern single genus by the early Pleistocene.
Facts
Taxonomic Rank Member Count Band Era First Appeared Classification
Living or Extinct Connections
Parent Taxon Of
Source GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Moschus
Sources
1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ229084, descriptionView the Source 2. Wikipedia: Moschidae
WikipediaIntroductionQuote, Introduction
Moschidae is a family of pecoran even-toed ungulates, containing the musk deer (Moschus) and its extinct relatives.
3. Catalogue of Life (ChecklistBank): Taxon metrics for Moschidae
Catalogue of Life (ChecklistBank)Taxon metrics, speciesExtantCountQuote, Taxon metrics, speciesExtantCount
"speciesExtantCount": 7
4. Paleobiology Database: Taxon record for Moschidae
Paleobiology DatabaseTaxon record, first appearance (firstapp_max_ma, early_interval)Quote, Taxon record, first appearance (firstapp_max_ma, early_interval)
"taxon_name": "Moschidae" ... "firstapp_max_ma": 29.5 ... "early_interval": "Rupelian"
Wikidata: Moschidae
Wikidata Q229084, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Moschus
GBIF Backbone TaxonomyParent Taxon Of: Musk Deer (Moschus), Taxon recordQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Musk Deer (Moschus), Taxon record
"family": "Moschidae"
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