In this report, we describe the isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci for forest musk deer （Moschus berezovskii） through an improved enrichment protocol. Five new markers were isolated from the genomic DNA of forest musk deer and showed high polymorphism with 4 - 13 alleles in 24 sampled individuals from the population of Jinfeng Mountain, Sichuan Province, China. The observed and expected heterozygesities were from 0.429 - 0.957 and 0.587 - 0.902, respectively. The average polymorphism information content （PIC） value in these five loci was 0. 730. This suggests that the five microsatellite loci are a valuable tool for further studies about forest musk deer.
