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Musk oxen (Ovibos moschatus) are large, long-haired, horned mammals that are well-adapted to their cold, Arctic environment. They are found in the far north of Canada, Alaska, Greenland, Norway, Siberia, and some Arctic islands.
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Musk OxRelated Category: Vertebrate Zoology hoofed ruminant mammal, Ovibos moschatus, found in arctic North America and Greenland. The northernmost member of the cattle family, the musk ox grazes on the stunted vegetation of the tundra.
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Musk ox Hoofed mammal that is a herbivorous (Ovibos moschatus) living in Arctic America and Greenland. It was exterminated in Alaska around the middle of the 19th century, but was later restored their Nunivak Island.
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Musk ox
Taxonomy Ovibos moschatus [Zimmermann, 1780]. Citation: Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere, 2:86. Type locality: Canada, Manitoba, between Seal and Churchill Rs.
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Musk ox - OVIBOS MOSCHATUS
Endangered
Class: Animals with Milk Glands (Mammalia)
Subclass: True Mammals (Eutheria)
Order: Even-toed Mammals (Artiodactyla)
Family: Bovidae.
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The musk ox has a thick, heavy coat to help insulate it from the cold. It is sometimes hard for the musk ox to drink because of cold weather. The water may freeze and then the musk ox has to break the ice in order to get the unfrozen water to drink.
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Musk ox (Ovibos moschatus) Wildlife Finder Animals Musk oxMuskoxen are truly arctic animals, well-adapted to their extreme environment with a superbly insulated, long, thick coat of dark brown hair and woolly undercoat.
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Musk Ox
The Inuit name for the musk ox is oomingmak, meaning bearded one.
The musk oxen's soft, warm underfur, called qiviut (pronounced KIV-ee-it), is thought to be the warmest natural fiber.
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Musk oxen are native to the Arctic areas of Canada, Greenland, and Alaska. The Alaskan population was wiped out in the late nineteenth or early twentieth century, but Musk oxen have since been reintroduced to Alaska.
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For example, a fully-grown musk ox or caribou would be far too large for any single wolf to tackle. A herd of musk oxen will automatically form a defensive circle with their calves in the middle if they sense the app roach of wolves.
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It frequents the Barren Grounds even in the most intense winter colds, its movements being directed in a great measure by those of the herds of Rein Deer, Musk Oxen, and Bison, which it follows, ...
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Wolves primarily hunt in packs for large prey such as moose, elk, bison, musk oxen, and reindeer. Once these large ungulates are taken down, the wolves attack their rump, flank, and shoulder areas.
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The takin (rhymes with rockin') is an antelope-like goat and a little known relative of the musk ox. The Sichuan takin browses in the dense bamboo forests of China, a habitat it shares with the giant panda.
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Breeding season is in April-May. 2-3 cubs are born beige. They eat arctic hares, musk ox, lemmings, voles, and caribou, with rodents comprising a large part of their diet. (More info: Arctic Wolves by David Mech) ...
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It feeds mainly on seals, especially Ringed seals that poke holes in the ice to breathe, but will eat anything it can kill: birds, rodents, shellfish, crabs, seals, Beluga whales, walruses, occasionally Musk Oxen, ...
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The wolf preys on lemmings and arctic hare, but its most substantial source of food is the musk ox and caribou. Since there is not much grass on the "frozen tundra", the wolf must travel great distances to find food.
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 See also: Musk, Wolf, Bear, Deer, Polar Bear
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