Moschidae

Moschidae is a family of pecoran even-toed ungulates, characterized by long 'saber teeth' instead of horns, antlers or ossicones, modest size (Moschus only reaches 37 lb (17 kg); other taxa were even smaller) and a lack of facial glands.[1] The fossil record of the family extends back to the late Oligocene, around 28 million years ago. The group was abundant across Eurasia and North America during the Miocene, but afterwards declined to only the extant genus Moschus by the early Pleistocene.

Moschidae
Temporal range: Chattian–Recent
Restoration of Micromeryx, a typical moschid
Moschus moschiferus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Pecora
Family: Moschidae
J. E. Gray, 1821
Genera

See text

Taxonomy

After Prothero (2007)[2]

Family Moschidae

  • Hydropotopsis†
    • Hydropotopsis lemanensis
  • Hispanomeryx†
    • Hispanomeryx aragonensis
    • Hispanomeryx daamsi
    • Hispanomeryx duriensis
    • Hispanomeryx andrewsi
  • Oriomeryx†
    • Oriomeryx major
    • Oriomeryx willii
  • Friburgomeryx†
    • Friburgomeryx wallenriedensis
  • Bedenomeryx†
    • Bedenomeryx truyolsi
    • Bedenomeryx milloquensis
    • Bedenomeryx paulhiacensis
  • Subfamily Dremotheriinae†
    • Pomelomeryx
      • Pomelomeryx boulangeri
      • Pomelomeryx gracilis
    • Dremotherium
      • Dremotherium cetinensis
      • Dremotherium guthi
      • Dremotherium quercyi
      • Dremotherium feignouxi
  • Subfamily Blastomerycinae†
    • Pseudoblastomeryx
      • Pseudoblastomeryx advena
    • Machaeromeryx
      • Machaeromeryx tragulus
    • Longirostromeryx†
      • Longirostromeryx clarendonensis
      • Longirostromeryx wellsi
    • Problastomeryx
      • Problastomeryx primus
    • Parablastomeryx
      • Parablastomeryx floridanus
      • Parablastomeryx gregorii
    • Blastomeryx†
      • Blastomeryx gemmifer
  • Subfamily Moschinae

References
  1. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology - Animal Diversity Web - Moschus (musk deer) Classification
  2. Prothero, 2007 (p. 221-226)
  3. Aiglstorfer, Manuela; Costeur, Loïc; Mennecart, Bastien; Heizmann, Elmar P. J. (16 October 2017). "Micromeryx? eiseleiA new moschid species from Steinheim am Albuch, Germany, and the first comprehensive description of moschid cranial material from the Miocene of Central Europe". PLOS ONE. 12 (10): e0185679. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0185679. PMC 5642927. PMID 29036194.
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