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the six wire enclosures on Mountain Sheep Hill contained 

 the following species : 



Suleiman Markhor. Persian Wild Goat. 



Arcal Mountain Sheep. Himalayan Tahr. 

 Mouflon. Aoudad. 



Because of the curious (and unaccountable) fact that they 

 do not thrive on Mountain Sheep Hill, the Rocky Mountain 

 Croat and Chamois are exhibited elsewhere. The former will 

 be found near the Pheasant Aviary, next to the Musk-ox. 



Visitors are requested to make note of the fact that in 

 winter, the Arcal Sheep, Mouflon, and other delicate sheep 

 are exhibited in the Small-Deer House. 



The White-Fronted Musk-Ox, {Ovibos zvardi, Lydekker), 

 is represented in the Park by a herd of six specimens. Five 

 of these animals were born in May, 1910, in Ellesmere Land, 

 and captured in that year by Paul J. Rainey and Harry C. 

 Whitney, and presented by Mr. Rainey. The sixth individu- 

 al, a vigorous and rather vicious female, was born on Mel- 

 ville Island, in May, 1909, and captured by Captain Joseph 

 Bernier. Owing to the domineering temper of "Miss Mel- 

 ville," it is not possible to keep her with the animals a year 

 younger than herself, because she resents their presence iri 

 her corral. 



The Musk-Ox is an animal of strange form, inhabiting 

 a small portion of the Arctic regions of the western hemi- 

 sphere, up to the very northernmost points of land east of the 

 Mackenzie River. At Port Conger (Latitude 81°, 40'), 

 its flesh was a godsend to General Greely, and later on to 

 Commander Peary, also. Structurally, this animal stands 

 in a genus of its own (Ovibos), midway between the cattle 

 and the sheep, but it is unqualifiedly a misnomer to call it 

 a "musk-sheep." 



An adult male Musk-Ox stands 4 ft. 5 in. high at the 

 shoulders and is 6 ft. 7 in. in total length. Our first specimen 

 was a female, two years old. She stood 3 ft. 2 in. high at 

 the shoulders, and was 4 ft. 10 in. in total length. Her 

 entire body was covered by a dense mass of fine light brown 

 hair, of a woolly nature, overlaid by a thatch of very long, 

 straight hair specially designed to shed rain. 



The Musk-Ox inhabits the Barren Grounds of northern 

 Canada north of Latitude 64° from Great Bear Lake to 

 Hudson Bay, Grant Land, and the northeast coast of Green- 

 land from Franz Josef Fiord (Latitude 70°) to the most 



