Though laws exist to conserve the deer in much of its range, recent studies suggest that the illegal trade in musk glands (or musk pods) is dangerously threatening populations of the deer in Russia and Mongolia.

• 虽然在出产麝的地区，都存在保护麝的法律，不过研究发现，在俄罗斯和蒙古，那些对麝腺的非法交易严重地威胁着麝的数量。