III. Ovibos moschatus (Blainville)
Ovibos moschatus , more commonly known as the musk-ox, has been described under different names by naturalists as their opinions fluctuated concerning its affinities with the ox, buffalo, or sheep. It is called the musk-ox by all the arctic explorers, Bos moschatus by Schreber, Zimmermann, Pennant,...
| Published in: | Proceedings of the Royal Society of London |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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The Royal Society
1867
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspl.1866.0118 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspl.1866.0118 |
| Summary: | Ovibos moschatus , more commonly known as the musk-ox, has been described under different names by naturalists as their opinions fluctuated concerning its affinities with the ox, buffalo, or sheep. It is called the musk-ox by all the arctic explorers, Bos moschatus by Schreber, Zimmermann, Pennant, and Cuvier, musk-buffalo allied to the Bubalus Caffir of South Africa by Professor Owen, Ovibos moschatus by De Blainville, Desmarest, Richardson, and M. Lartet. That the latter four naturalists are right in the place they assign to it in the zoological scale, intermediate between Ovis and Bos , is proved both by the natural history and the osteology of the animal. |
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