Musk deer in the illegal wildlife trade
WildTrace has recorded 2 cases involving musk deer from public reports between 2024-01-15 and 2026-09-23, in 1 countries. 0 of them rest on an official or validated source.
CITES appendix I. Taxa covered: Moschus spp.. Counts show where this trade is reported, not where it happens: reporting is uneven between countries and languages, and cases whose reports name no place are counted but cannot be mapped.
Where musk deer cases are reported
- India 1
Recent cases
- Seizure · Musk deer · Sorab 2026-09-05 · single
- Arrest · Musk deer · location unknown 2026-06-01 · single
Where seized musk deer came from, and where it was seized
364 shipments of musk deer seized or confiscated were reported to CITES since 2015 (CITES Trade Database, source code I). Counts are shipment records, not quantities, and some countries report far more completely than others.
Taken from
- China 103
- Vietnam 40
- South Korea 5
- Pakistan 3
- Russia 2
- Nepal 1
- Indonesia 1
- India 1
Seized in
- United States 360
- China 2
- Taiwan 1
- South Africa 1