Species Use Database

Forest Musk Deer
Moschus berezovskii

Used for Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene and Offer for sale in China

A. Species

Scientific name: Moschus berezovskii

Common name(s): Forest Musk Deer

Global IUCN Red List Threat Status: Endangered


B. Location of use

Geographic location(s):

  • China

Country/Region:


C. Scale of assessment

Scale of assessment: Regional/Continental/Multi-country level

Name/Details of location: Maolan Nature Reserve


D. Timescale of use

Start Year: 2001

End Year: 2001


E. Information about the use

How is the wild species sourced?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat

Type of use: Extractive

Practice of use: Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals

Lethal or non-lethal: Lethal and Non-Lethal

Does this use involve take/extraction of: The whole entire organism

Purpose(s) of end use: Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene and Offer for sale

Motivation of use: Basic subsistence, Income generation from trade (individual/household/community) and Traditional/Cultural/Spiritual

Is this use legal or illegal?: not recorded


F. Information about the Users

Which stakeholder(s) does the record primarily focus on?: Local people


G. Information about the sustainability of use

Is there evidence that the use is having an impact on the target species?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an ecological perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an economic perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a social perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a human health perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an animal health/welfare perspective been recorded?: not recorded


Recommendations provided in the record to maintain or enhance the sustainability of the use of the target species

No


Record source

Information about the record source: own_res_data_knowledge

Date of publication/issue/production: 2001-01-01T00:00:00+0000

Source Reference(s):

Jing-Cheng, R., Zheng-Ren, C., Deng-Li, Y., Ping, Y., & Hui-Ming, C. (2001). The present situation of poaching and wildlife conservation measure in Maolan Nature Reserve. Biodiversity Science, 09(4), 482–486. https://doi.org/10.17520/biods.2001069

Date of record entry: 2024-06-29


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