OVIBOS. 



Bos failasi Do Kay, Ann. X. Y. Lye. Xat. Hist., n, 1828, p. 29. 



(nee Baer.) 

 Bos duhiliciiliitis Fisch., Mi ; m. Acad. Mosc., in, 1834, p. 287. 



ibos /JM.V/M/H.S- Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., n, 

 1901, p. 48. ]il. \.\ii. Zool. Ser. 

 MTSK < )\. 



7'iyv /<>< <//;/v. Churchill River, Kewatin, Canada. 

 Geogr. Distr. Arctic America north of 6oth parallel from Mac- 

 kenzie River to region of Hudson Bay. 



a. ()ri/>os iiiosclni I u x irnnli Lydckker. 



Ovibos i(>*cliatns U'ardi Lydekk., Nature, LXIII, 1900, p. 157. 

 Klliot, Syn. X. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., n, 1901, Suppl. 

 ]>. 485. Zool. Ser. 

 WARD'S MUSK Ox. 



7'v/v /<>c<////v. East Greenland. 



Geogr. Distr. "Southern border of Ellesmere Land northward 

 through (irinnell Land to the Polar Sea, and on the Greenland coast 

 from about latitude 78, on the western side northward to and around 

 the northern end of Greenland to about latitude 75 N. on the east 

 coast." 



h. Orihox unixi-liif/Hx iii filia'cil x Elliot. 



' '//>('> w<>.vc7;<j///.v uipha-cns Elliot, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xvm, 



I9S. P- 35- 



BLACK MTSK Ox. 



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A', iility. About 600 miles north of Hudson Bay 

 ('Inir. In color intermediate between 0. nwsLhatnf and 

 0. >n. re.//'.//; cranial characters different. 



(\>lor. Type, bull in prime of life. A narrow whitish band 

 between ears, behind the bases of horns, and a small brown saddle 

 on middle of bark; rest of head, neck, and body jet black. Fore 

 legs ^ravish in front, black behind, changing into grayish white above 

 the hoofs; hind li-^s black in front, becoming .urav above hoof ; grayish 

 on sides and hinder part. bon- black hairs on body covering the 

 to the knees. Nose and lips and chin grayish white; ears black. 



The young bull, female, and calves resemble the type in their 

 let black hue and in the varving color of the legs. The old bull is 

 of a dark brown hue. becoming black upon the flanks, but no white 

 whatever showing am where. The old cow is of the same general 

 color as the a-ed bull, but has a little white' tipon the sides of the 



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