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How to Find Antlers That Deer Shed Each Year

Male deer shed their antlers every year and later grow new ones. You can find antler sheds in winter and early spring if you know where to look.

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Swamp Deer A Conservation Saga at Kanha National Park in India

Swamp Deer is a type of red deer that specializes in survival on marshy grasslands but the hard-ground swamp deer at Kanha differs. Read on...

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Afghan Fanged Deer (Moschus cupreus): To Suspected Extinction and Back in Nuristan Province

Scary dental arrangements often free-associate with sharks and vampires. They usually inspire no thought of deer. But the Afghan fanged deer is back after 60 years without a trace.

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Whitetails (Odocoileus virginianus): State National and Provincial Symbols in New and Old Worlds

White-tailed deer, as New World natives with a homeland stretching across North America and South America, are honored as national, provincial, and state symbols.

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Himalayan White Bellied Musk Deer (Moschus leucogaster) of Bhutan, China, India, and Nepal

Alpine and Himalayan white-bellied musk deer species are endangered lookalikes. They differ slightly in skull size. The Himalayan moschid is the state animal of Uttarakhand, India.

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Kashmir Musk Deer (Moschus cupreus): Poachable Aphrodisiac, Incense, Meat, Medicine, Perfume, Tusks

Kashmir musk deer are Kashmir Valley natives in west Asia. Their meat, musk, and tusks attract black marketers’ interest. Their populations end up endangered, but not yet extinct.

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Anhui Musk Deer (Moschus anhuiensis): Chinese Species Endemic to Anhui and Possibly Hubei Province

Downsizing and upgrading are possible at work and in science. Getting new or separate species status falls under promotions. It is why modern China alone has the Anhui musk deer.

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Siberian Musk Deer (Moschus moschiferus) Endangered in China, Korea (North, South), Mongolia, Russia

The Siberian musk deer also frequents China, Mongolia, North and South Korea, and Sakhalin. All species grow tusks, not antlers. Developers and hunters threaten their survival.

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Chinese and Dwarf Forest Musk Deer (Moschus berezovskii) in China and Vietnam and Hopefully Laos

The dwarf forest musk deer is endangered. The petite, skittish deer lives in China and Vietnam. But agro-industrialists and musk-hunters threaten the musk deer’s forest habitats.

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Black and Dusky Musk Deer (Moschus fuscus): Endangered in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal

Asia's black dusky musk deer looks dark. The endangered, moss-eating musk-maker seeks lofty forests and gorges. But agro-industrialists and hunters threaten the remotest habitats.

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Alpine Musk Deer (Moschus chrysogaster): Endangered in China and Tibet

The alpine musk deer does not live in Europe’s Alps. But the species does make musk. It is musk’s use in incense, medicine, perfume, and soap that imperils Asia’s alpine musk deer.

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