12/29/2022 0 Comments Bara furry![]() ![]() While the takin and muskox were once considered possibly closely related, the takin lacks common ovibovine features, such as the muskox's specialized horn morphology, and genetic analysis shows that their lineages actually separated early in caprine evolution. ![]() It is one of the two largest extant members of the caprines, along with the similarly sized takin. It is more closely related to sheep and goats than to oxen it is placed in its own genus, Ovibos ( Latin: "sheep-ox"). The muskox is in the subtribe Ovibovina (or tribe Ovibovini) in the tribe Caprini (or subfamily Caprinae) of the subfamily Antilopinae in the family Bovidae. 3.2 Recent native range in North AmericaĮvolution Extant relatives.1.2 Fossil history and extinct relatives.Muskoxen primarily live in Greenland and the Canadian Arctic of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, with reintroduced populations in the American state of Alaska, the Canadian territory of Yukon, and Siberia, and an introduced population in Norway, part of which emigrated to Sweden, where a small population now lives. Its Woods Cree names "mâthi-môs" and "mâthi-mostos" translate to "ugly moose" and "ugly bison", respectively. Its Inuktitut name "umingmak" translates to "the bearded one". This musky odor has the effect of attracting females during mating season. Native to the Arctic, it is noted for its thick coat and for the strong odor emitted by males during the seasonal rut, from which its name derives. The muskox ( Ovibos moschatus, in Latin "musky sheep-ox"), also spelled musk ox and musk-ox, plural muskoxen or musk oxen (in Inuktitut: ᐅᒥᖕᒪᒃ, umingmak in Woods Cree: ᒫᖨᒨᐢ, mâthi-môs, ᒫᖨᒧᐢᑐᐢ, mâthi-mostos), is a hoofed mammal of the family Bovidae. Ovibos pallantis Hamilton-Smith, 1827. ![]() ![]() Bosovis moschatus (Zimmermann, 1780) Kowarzik, 1911.Range map: blue indicates areas where muskox reintroduction has been attempted in the 20th century red indicates the previous established range. ![]()
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