Wildlife & Flora
Musk Deer
Musk Deer (Moschus chrysogaster) is a wildlife & flora sighting recorded around Tengboche, Deboche, Phungi Tenga.
- Scientific name
- Moschus chrysogaster
- Local name
- Kasturi Mirga
- Category
- Wildlife & Flora
It is about time biologists change the name of this deer to sabre-toothed deer. Firstly, the name will instill fear rather than greed on people who are looking to poach these beauties for their musk glands. Second and more importantly, we think sabre-toothed deer is a much more badass name. Jokes aside, the $45,000 that a kilogram of aphrodisiac musk fetches in the luxury markets of the world has brought these guys close to extinction. It is a shame that these guys have to pay the price for people who can't attract people on their own terms. Do your part. Say no to musk products.
