Ovibos moschatus - #173
Muskox
Front view of calf about ten days old
Geographic 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.
Order/Family
Bovidae
Genus
Ovibos
Specific Epithet
moschatus
Image Location
Bjorne Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, NU, Canada
Image Date
1973
Photographer
R Riewe