Musk Deer Research Paper

Musk Deer Have you ever heard of the musk deer?Not many people have,it is a deer that almost went extinct.You will learn why it is so special in this essay.This essay will provide information on the musk deer and discuss is appearance,habitat and diet,and give you some interesting facts about it. First off, I want to tell you about it’s appearance.They are usually are 86-100 cm in length.The musk deer can weigh 24-40 pounds,they don’t grow a lot.Their fur color is a dark brown or a light brown.The tail of the deer can be 1.6 to 2.4 inches.The tail is hairless except for the tuft of hair at the tip of the tail.During the musk deer’s breading season,the musk produced in the musk glands of males is a dark red brown granular powder with a strong smell.But in the months before and after the musk is pasty,white,and …show more content…
Finally,I am going to share facts about the musk deer.They are hunted for meat and musk pouches,which are smelly secretion valued for use in traditional medicine and in perfumes.The musk is a very valuable,it can worth three times mare than its weight on gold.They are also listed as endangered.Whenever they are being watched they know they are.In the 1950s,China had about 2 to 3 million musk deer now there is only about 220,000 to 320,000.Those are interesting facts about the musk