Musk Ox
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Photo Credit: Doug Kjos
FOUND IN WILD: mainland Canada, Canadian Arctic Islands, Greenland
SIZE AND DESCRIPTION:
- Head and body length: 6-1/2 to 7 feet
- Shoulder height: 5 feet
- Weight: 600 – 800 pounds
- Outer coat: dark brown, coarse guard hair with inner coat being fine, soft, dense wool, which is valuable
DIET (ZOO): hay, pellets, browse
DIET (WILD): grasses, mosses, willow and pine shoots
INTERESTING FACTS:
- Horns in both sexes are broad, curve downward, and nearly meet in the middle of the skull
- A defensive circle is formed by the herd with the calves inside as protection against wolves.
- Musk oxen have very bad tempers
- They look like a cross between a cow, sheep, and bison; however, the musk ox is not related to any of these.
- They are left over from the Ice Age
- Gestation: 8 months; babies weigh 20 pounds at birth.
- Live in bands of 5 to 100 or more
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