Musk-Ox

Musk-ox From LoveToKnow 1911 MUSK-OX, also known as musk-buffalo and musk-sheep, an Arctic American ruminant of the family Bovidae, now representing a genus and sub-family by itself.

Musk-Ox Profile Musk-oxen live in the frozen Arctic and roam the tundra in search of the roots, mosses, and lichens that sustain them. In winter, they use their hooves to dig through snow to graze on these plants.

musk-ox musk-oxen has the shape of a short-legged cow. The powerful animals have a withers-height of 130 cm with a weight until 380 kg. The dark fur is long a... Send greeting Email ...

Buffalo Trails: The first thoroughfares of North America, save for the time-obliterated paths of mastodon or musk-ox and the routes of the Mound Builders, ...

Eighty to ninety per cent of the wolves' diet consists of ungulates -- moose, elk, caribou, deer, mountain sheep, bison and Musk-ox. Where beaver density is high, some packs specialize in them.

Polar bears also eat harp seals and hooded seals, and they scavenge on carcasses of caribou, musk-oxen, whale, walrus (usually pups) and seal.

Supplementary work in the area includes observing wolf interactions with musk-oxen and arctic hare. The Yellowstone National Park studies concentrate primarily on wolf interactions with prey, including mortality and survival studies of elk.

See also: Musk, Bear, Genet, Bison, Buffalo