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Natural Monument—Korean Musk Deer in Mayang

Date: 28/06/2020 | Source: Naenara (En) | Read original version at source

in Mayang

Musk deer lives in the Mayang workers’ district in Musan County, North Hamgyong Province in the northern part of Korea.

This mountainous district, over 1 200 metres above sea level, is overgrown with such needle-leaf trees as larch, Abies nephrolepis and spruce, such broadleaf trees as white birch and aspen, and such lower plants as usnea, moss and mushroom. Therefore, it is a place favourable for the inhabitation of musk deer.

Male and female musk deer have no horns. The male’s long canine teeth hang down out of its lips.

The male has a musk bag around its navel, which is covered with bundles of long hairs.

The musk deer is 75 to 95 cm long and weighs 8.5 to 10 kg with a short tail of 3 to 6 cm. After mating between November and December, the female drops 1 or 2 babies between May and June the following year.

This useful animal which produces musk, a Koryo medicinal material, is under good protection as a natural monument.

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