Ovibos moschatus - #4021
Muskox
Skull of adult male
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
USA, AK, Fairbanks North Star borough, University of Alaska
Image Date
29 June 2009
Photographer
DG Huckaby