Ovibos moschatus (Zimmermann 1780)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 637-722 : 707

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).