Muskoxen are renowned for their underfur of extremely fine and long hair. This thick undercoat is covered by long guard hairs and protects the muskox during long, cold winters.
Muskox can be seen in Northern Canada, Alaska, Ellesmere Island and Greenland.
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The Muskox was hunted during the 19th century for their meat and hide; for a time herds were drastically reduced on the mainland. Recent population estimates place the species at 40,000 individuals.
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Muskox
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Ovibos moschatus - female, left; male, right
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Muskoxen are native to the Arctic areas of Canada, Greenland, and Alaska. The Alaska population was wiped out in the late nineteenth or early twentieth century, but muskoxen have since been reintroduced to Alaska.
Muskox (O. moschatus)
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Argali (O. ammon) Â- Domestic sheep (O. aries) Â- Bighorn Sheep (O. canadensis) Â- Dall Sheep (O. dalli) Â- Mouflon (O. musimon) Â- Snow sheep (O. nivicola) Â- Urial (O. orientalis) ...
The muskox (Ovibos moschatus) is an Arctic mammal of the Bovidae family, noted for its thick coat and for the strong odor emitted by males, from which its name derives. This musky odor is used to attract females during mating season.
Peary caribou, muskoxen and Banks Island forage: assessing seasonal diet similarities. Rangifer. 17(1): 9-16. [54042] 67. Larter, Nicholas C.; Nagy, John A. 2000.
The coats of woolly mammoths were similar to those of muskoxen, consisting of long, dark hairs and fine under wool, with dark-grey skin and an insulating fat layer. Evidently, woolly mammoths, like muskoxen, molted in summer.
This, however, is not the whole of the past history of the muskox group; ...
Carnivorous; primarily prey on large mammals such as deer, wapiti, moose, caribou, bison, muskox, and mountain sheep. Smallest prey taken consistently is beaver. An adult can consume as much as 9 kg (20 lb.) in one feeding.
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Other common name "Greenland Caribou". Similar species is the Muskox. Genus: "Rangifer" Species: "tarandus"
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Diet: Gray wolves are carnivorous -- they primarily eat meat. Wolves often hunt in packs for large prey such as deer, moose, sheep, goats, caribou, elk, bison, and muskox. Wolves also will prey on rodents, beavers, fish, and birds.
Chinese serow (Capricornis milneedwardsii)
Black wildebeest (Connochaetes gnou)
Chinese goral (Naemorhedus griseus)
Muskox (Ovibos moschatus)
Aders' duiker (Cephalophus adersi)
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 See also: Bison, Sheep, Deer, Takin, Elk
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