1676 (Royal Soc.) 11 Index Mogollian [sic] Animals... The Musk-animal; the Bezoar-animal; the Porcupin-stone.
1753 (Royal Soc.) 47 321 We have not yet had the good fortune here at Pekin to see an accurate figure of the male musk animal.
1936 10 Jan. (Suppl.) 7/2 ‘Muscone,’ which if made from the rare musk animal would cost $40,000 a pound.