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Muskox

Ovibos moschatus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 457, February 338, March 529, April 832, May 1,200, June 1,309, July 1,400, August 1,204, September 884, October 660, November 361, December 282.
United States9,459
Canada885
Alaska764
Norway249
Nunavut204
Trøndelag149
Yukon132
Innlandet100
Russia74
Northwest Territories64

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderEven-toed Ungulates and Cetaceans · Artiodactyla
FamilyBovids · Bovidae
GenusMuskoxen · Ovibos

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