Ovibos moschatus (Zimmermann 1780)

[Bos] moschatus Zimmermann 1780, Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere, 2: 86.

Type Locality: Canada, Manitoba, "Bewohnt anjezt hauptsachlich Neuwallis an der Hudsonsbay ban zwischen Seefalber- (Seals) und Churchill-Fluss zwischen dem 59 bis 61. Grad Breite" (between Seal and Churchill Rivers).

Vernacular Names: Muskox.

Distribution: Formerly Point Barrow, Alaska (USA) east to NE Greenland, south to NE Manitoba (Canada). Range now much reduced. Introduced to Seward Peninsula and Nunivak Isl, Alaska (USA); Taimyr Peninsula and Wrangel Isl (Russia); and Svalbard (Norway), where it has since died out.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Revised by Tener (1965). Reviewed by Lent (1988, Mammalian Species, 302).