264 FAUNA AMERICANA. 



garments made of the hair and wool of this ani- 

 mal, from the islands lying between the continent 

 of America and Kamschatka, which is a further 

 confirmation of the identity of the species inhabit- 

 ing both continents. Vid. Account of the different 

 kinds of Sheep, &c. by Dr. Pallas, 1794. 



Genus. 



Ovibos, Blainville. 



Bos, Pennant, Gmel. Shaw, Bodd. lUig. Cuvier. 



CHABACTEHS. 



{r Incisor 0. 

 superior 12. < Canine 0. 

 rSso/s.' 

 inferior 20. < Canine 0. 

 C. Molar 12. 



Body thick, contracted; legs strong; head short; 

 forehead very elevated ; facial line long and ab- 

 rupt ; horns very strong, directed laterally, neither 

 angular or knotty ; no muzzle, (in which it parti- 

 cularly differs from the genus Bos ;) ears short, 

 receding ; eyes small ; no canal in the upper lip ; 

 no lachrymal depressions ; tail very short ; hairs 

 in tufts and long ; no inguinal pores. 



Species. 

 I. Ovibos moschattiSj (Encycl. pi. suppl. 14. fig. 

 3.) Musk Ox, Penn. Quad. vol. i. p. 3 1. Ejusd. 

 Arct. Zool. vol. i. p. 8. pi. 7. Bos moschatus, Gmel. 

 Bodd. Shaw, Gen. Zool. vol. ii. part 2. p. 407. pL 

 212. Bmif musque, Buff. Hist. Nat. suppl. torn. 

 vi. pi. ,5. la tete. Ovibos, Blain. Nouv. Bull, de la 



