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Ovibos moschatus (muskox)

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Bos moschatus was named by Zimmermann (1780). It is extant. It is the type species of Ovibos.

It was recombined as Ovibos moschatus by Blainville (1816), Hay (1902), Frick (1937), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1780Bos moschatus Zimmermann
1816Ovibos moschatus Blainville
1902Ovibos moschatus Hay p. 687
1923Ovibos proximus Bensley
1937Ovibos moschatus Frick
1980Ovibos moschatus Kurten and Anderson p. 334
2008Ovibos moschatus Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 979 figs. FIg. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
familyBovidae
subfamilyCaprinae
genusOvibosBlainville 1816
speciesmoschatus(Zimmermann 1780)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Ovibos moschatus Zimmermann 1780 [muskox]
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Invalid names: Ovibos proximus Bensley 1923 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-09-22 12:01:17
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (80 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (New Jersey) Ovibos moschatus (108815)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Germany (Thuringia) Ovibos moschatus (22728)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Alaska) Ovibos moschatus (20541)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (California) Ovibos moschatus (20386)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Saskatchewan) Ovibos moschatus (20620)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Northwest Territories) Ovibos moschatus (73726)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Yukon) Ovibos moschatus (73691 73694)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Norway Ovibos moschatus (227462)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Nunavut) Ovibos moschatus (73701 73702)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands Ovibos moschatus (82530)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) Ovibos moschatus (73705 73709 73727 160848 228757 228898 228899 228927 228928 229484 229489 229646)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Ovibos moschatus (228444 228492)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greenland Ovibos moschatus (160074 162014 162545 162546 162547 162550 162552 162553 162559 162567 162568 162569 162572 162573 162574 162575 162576 162577 162641 226353 227684 227686 227722 227725 227726 227727 227728 227751 227754 227755 227757 227758 227815 227817 227826 227827 227828 227829 227867 227870 227872 227873 227874 227875 227876 227877 229885 229938 229939 229940 229942 229943 230120)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Manitoba) Ovibos moschatus (229538)