Ovibos

Ovibos Blainville, 1816

Ovibos Blainville, 1816; Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris: 76; TS: Bos moschatus Zimmermann
Bosovis Kowarzik, 1911; Zool. Anzeiger, 37: 107; TS: Bos moschatus Zimmermann

Ovibos moschatus (Zimmermann, 1780) Arctic America, Greenland, Norway (introduced), Spitzbergen (introduced). See [maps] Musk Ox
- Bos moschatus Zimmermann, 1780; Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere, 2: 86; TL: Betwen Seal and Churchill Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
- Ovibos moschatus niphoecus Elliot, 1905; Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 18: 135; TL: Head of Wager River, Keewatin District, Northwest Territories, Canada
- Ovibos moschatus wardi Lydekker, 1900; Nature, 63: 157; TL: Clavering Island, Greenland
1000x700 (~113Kb) Russia, Moscow Zoo, 12.3.2010, Photo © D. Smirnov

28.10.2001 (1)

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[D. Smirnov]
Russia, Moscow; e-mail: D. Smirnov
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