OVIBOVIN.M 225 



Fauna Bor. Amer. p. 275, 1829; Jardine, Nat. Libr. Mamm. 

 vol. iv, p. 189, 1836 ; Ogilby, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1836, p. 137 ; 

 Gray, List Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 153, 1843, Cat. Ungulate 

 Brit. Mus. p. 43, 1852, Cat. Ruminants Brit. Mus. p. 32, 1872, 

 Hand-List Ruminants Brit. Mus. p. 101, 1873; Gerrard, Cat. 

 Bones Manun. Brit. Mus. p. 231, 1862; Riitimeyer, Abh. schweiz. 

 pal. Ges. vol. iv, p. 103, 1877 ; Thomas, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 

 1881, p. 25 ; Dawkins, Brit. Pleist. Mamm. pt. v (Pal. Soc.) 1872, 

 Quart. Jo urn. Geol. Soc. vol. xxxix, p. 575, 1883 ; Flower and 

 Garson, Cat. Osteol. Mus. R. Coll. Surg. pt. ii, p. 236, 1884; 

 Lydekker, Cat. Foss. Mamm. Brit. Mus. pt. ii, p. 38, 1885, 

 Horns and Hoofs, p. 5, 1893, Wild Oxen, Sheep, and Goats, 

 p. 142, 1893, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1900, p. 832, Great and Small 

 Game of Europe, etc. p. 310, 1901 ; Flower and Lydekker, Study 

 of Mammals, p. 357, 1891 ; Nehring, Tundren und Steppen, 

 p. 31, 1890; Newton, Vertebrata of Pliocene Deposits of Britain 

 (Mem. Geol. Surv. United Kingdom), p. 22, 1891 ; Feilden, 

 Zoologist, ser. 3, vol. xix, p. 41, 1893 ; RJioads, Proc. Ac. Philad. 

 1895, p. 242 ; Ward, Records of Big Game, p. 260, 1896, ed. 6, 

 p. 353, 1910; Matschie, Sitzber. Ges. nat. Freunde, 1898, 

 p. 30; Lonnberg, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1900, pp. 142, 686; Allen, 

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Bubalus moschatus, Owen, Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. vol. xii, p. 124, 

 1856, Anat. Vertebrates, vol. iii, p. 626, 1868. 



Bosovis moschatus, Kowarzik, Zool. Anz. vol. xxxvii, p. 107, 1911. 



MUSK-OX. 



Typical locality Churchill Valley, Kewatin, Canada. 



General characters those of the genus. Height at shoulder 

 about four feet. General colour varying from dark brown, 

 with the head, neck, and sides of body blackish, and 

 typically a yellowish white dorsal saddle, to nearly or 

 completely black. Horn-bases relatively wide. Distribution 

 co-extensive with that of the genus. 



A. Ovibos moschatus moschatus. 



Ovibos moschatus typicus, Ward, Records of Big Game, ed. 6, 

 p. 354, 1910. 



Typical locality Churchhill Valley, Kewatin, Canada. 

 General colour relatively dark, especially on the head, 

 which, with the exception of the muzzle, is wholly dark 



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