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Definition of Ovibos moschatus
1. Noun. Large shaggy-coated bovid mammal of Canada and Greenland; intermediate in size and anatomy between an ox and a sheep.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ovibos Moschatus
Literary usage of Ovibos moschatus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Palaeontology or a systematic summary of extinct animals and their by Richard Owen (1861)
"... the same regions and latitudes: a future generation of zoologists may have to
record the final disappearance of the Arctic buffalo (Ovibos moschatus). ..."
2. A Geographical History of Mammals by Richard Lydekker (1896)
"MUSK-OX (Ovibos moschatus). land and Labrador, the boundary line bends southwards
after passing Cape Chudleigh to coincide with the southern shore of Hudson ..."
3. The Canadian Naturalist and Geologist by Natural History Society of Montreal (1857)
"The Musk Ox, Ovibos moschatus.—The evening proving fine, Mr. Rae and Albert went
out to hunt, and both had the pleasure of seeing the musk-ox, for the first ..."
4. Catalogue of the Hunterian Collection in the Museum of the Royal College of by Museum, Royal College of Surgeons in London (1831)
"Ovibos moschatus. 1069. The skull and horns of a Musk Ox. Male. Ovibos moschatus.
1070. ... Ovibos moschatus. Northern Expedition. Hunterian. Hunterian. ..."
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