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ZOOLOGICAL 

 SOCIETY BULLETIN 



Pi liiisiiin liv Till Niw York Zoological Sorniv SiiTiMinR. i(jo2 



THE MUSK-OX. 



FoRTrXA'I'ia.^' U,v all those wlio aiv 

 interested in wild animal life, it nnw 

 seems fairly established that Oz'ibos moscliatiis 

 can live and be comfortable in the temperate 

 ziine. ( )iir specimen is now two years and six 

 innnths old, and tliere is not an animal in tlu' 

 I'ark more comfortal)Ie or more contented than 

 she. Tlie present cool summer, however, is 

 very mnch in her favor. 



Although well known for much more than 

 a century, the ]\Iusk-Ox has been one of the 

 vcrv last of the world's larsje land mammals 



III he brought into captivity. This has been 

 due to two causes — the difficulty of transport- 

 ing the animals from the far North to civiliza- 

 tion, and tlie universal doubt regarding their 

 ability to sur\i\c in the temperate zone. 



I'ven tinder the most favorable conditions, 

 the eosL of crijilnring (jue of these animals, 

 and bringing it aHve to civilization, is really 

 .great, and no arctic explorer or whaler cares 

 to experiment with a live Musk-Ox for his 

 own amusement. On the other hand, no zoo- 

 logical garden desires to p-Av S^i/mn fur :i live 



