kastura
(kaˈstuːrə)
Also kasturi, kustoorah.
[Hindi kastūrī.]
The Himalayan musk deer, Moschus moschiferus.
| 1837 T. Hutton in Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal VI. 936 The Kast{uacu}ra, or musk deer of these hills is to be found in the deep forest shades of Maháss{uacu} throughout the year. 1867 T. C. Jerdon Mammals India 267 Moschus moschiferus...Kast{uacu}rá, H.— Rous or Roos and Kasturé, Kashmir. 1884 R. A. Sterndale Nat. Hist. Mammalia India & Ceylon 494 The Musk Deer. Native names—Kastura, Hindi;..Kasturé, in Kashmir. 1893 [see musk-deer]. 1904 F. G. Aflalo Sportsman's Bk. India 186 Local Names of various Game... Musk deer. Kustoorah. 1951 Ellerman & Morrison-Scott Checklist Palaearctic & Indian Mammals 353 Moschus moschiferus Linnaeus, 1758. Musk Deer (Kastura). 1955 P. Bauer Kanchenjunga Challenge iv. ii. 184 The Kasturi is a [Himalayan] musk deer and on this account it has been almost exterminated. |