24 HOOFED ANIMALS 



The first specimen exhibited in the New York Zoological 

 Park, in 1902, was captured in March, 1901, thirty miles 

 from the Arctic Ocean, directly north of Great Bear Lake, by 

 a party of Eskimo hunters and whalers sent by Captain H. H. 

 Bodfish, from the steam whaler Beluga. When two years old 

 it stood 3 feet 2 inches high at the shoulders, and was 4 

 feet 10 inches in length. Its food was clover hay, raw car- 

 rots or potatoes, a little green grass when in season, and oc- 

 casionally a few apples. 



In 1909 we received a female Musk-Ox calf that was 

 caught in the summer of that year on Melville Island, which 

 is well-nigh the most northwesterly land of the great arctic 

 archipelago. This animal matured very successfully in the 

 Zoological Park, and in 1914 was still living and in excellent 

 health. 



In 1910 the Zoological Park received a herd of five Musk- 

 Ox calves which were caught in Ellesmere Land by Paul J. 

 Rainey and Harry C. Whitney, and which were presented to 

 the New York Zoological Society by Mr. Rainey. All these 

 animals matured well, and lived in excellent condition until 

 the summer of 1913, when two of them died from the effects 

 of a period of unusually hot and sultry weather. The re- 

 maining three survived, and in 1914 were still in excellent 

 health. 



On January 1, 1914, there were three Musk-Ox living in 

 European zoological gardens. 



