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Definition of Genus moschus
1. Noun. Musk deer.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Cervidae, Family Cervidae
Member holonyms: Moschus Moschiferus, Musk Deer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Moschus
Literary usage of Genus moschus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale (1884)
"genus moschus—THE MUSK DEER. Canines in both sexes, very long and slender in the
male ; no horns ; feet much cloven, with large false hoofs that touch the ..."
2. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"The same author, in June, 1836, read to the Zoological Society of London some
observations ' On the genus Moschus of Linnaeus, with descriptions of two new ..."
3. Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta by John Anderson, William Lutley Sclater, Indian Museum (1891)
"The genus Moschus is now generally allowed to consist of a single species only,
though others have been from time to time described on mere colour ..."
4. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1845)
"The ear-bones are large, vesicular, and produced beyond the surface of the bones
of the skull, while in the genus Moschus the nasal bones are narrow, ..."
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