The Siberian musk deer inhabits elevations from 500 meters to 3.5 kilometers, occupying terrestrial landscapes including highlands and tundra, ground forests, forests, and mountains. The species’ biome includes temperate coniferous forests characterized by cool summers, abundant coniferous trees, and snow in winter, flooded meadows with frequent inundation and plentiful grass, and taiga with cold winters and numerous coniferous trees such as spruce and pine. The climate features a cool summer with temperatures between 15 and 20 degrees Celsius, scant precipitation during winter, more precipitation during summer, constant moisture, dry and snowy winters with little rain but abundant snow, and many rains alongside a cool summer and snow in winter.