Ovibos moschatus
Ovibos moschatus (Zimmermann, 1780). Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere, 2:86. TYPE LOCALITY: Canada, Manitoba, between Seal and Churchill Rs. DISTRIBUTION: Formerly Point Barrow, Alaska (USA) east to NE Greenland, south to NE Manitoba (Canada). Range now much reduced. Introduced to Seward Peninsul...
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Smithsonian Institution Press
1993
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7280203 http://treatment.plazi.org/id/D512126ADB1BFF8B2C44DA47FA8F0D19 |
Summary: | Ovibos moschatus (Zimmermann, 1780). Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere, 2:86. TYPE LOCALITY: Canada, Manitoba, between Seal and Churchill Rs. 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); Svalbard (Norway). SYNONYMS: mackenzianus, melvillensis, niphoecus, pearyi, wardi. COMMENTS: Reviewed by Lent (1988, Mammalian Species, 302). Published as part of Peter Grubb, 1993, Order Artiodactyla, pp. 377-414 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 408, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7359189 |
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