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Siberian Musk Deer

  • The scientific name for Siberian Musk Deer is Moschus moschiferus.

  • Male Siberian Musk Deer has teeth like tufts in their mouths. They are brown and have two white stripes on their neck going onto their belly.

  • Siberian Musk Deer like to live near the mountains and like the snowy weather of the taiga. They have to be near rocks or trees. Because in the winter they like to eat lichen. In the summer they like to eat leaves.

  • The Siberian Musk Deer's diet in the winter is 99% lichen.

  • Siberian Musk Deer's are herbivores. They love pine needles, lichen, leaves, and bark.

  • Siberian Musk Deer's legs are stronger in the back than in front. That causes them to have their back slope backward to enable jumping better.  

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