title: [Taxonomy of the musk deer (Artiodactyla, Mammalia)].
abstract: We studied the chromosome sets and specific morphological features and phenetic traits of hair cover coloration, as well the pattern of its inheritance upon experimental hybridization. The diploid set of chromosomes in the animals from the northern part of the range contains 2n = 58 (there are two additional B-chromosomes in the Far Eastern musk deer) and is identical to that from the southern musk deer forms. Discrete polymorphic features of neck and hair cover coloration have been identified in the northern and southern musk deer, and these are used as taxonomic features. A map illustrates distribution of the established subspecies.
authors.affiliation: Severtsov Institute for Problems of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: V E
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Sokolov
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Prikhod'ko
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003670:Deer / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D004171:Diploidy; D005202:Asia, Eastern; D005260:Female; D006200:Hair Color; D007621:Karyotyping; D008297:Male; D010641:Phenotype; D012641:Selection, Genetic; D012800:Siberia; D013045:Species Specificity
vernacular_title: Sistematika kabargi (Artiodactyla, Mammalia).