Musk Ox

Musk Ox Cows and Calf | Deadhorse, AK, | May, 2016

Musk Ox Cows and Calf | Deadhorse, AK, | May, 2016

MC127-8523

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Musk Ox | Deadhorse, Alaska | May, 2016

Musk Ox | Deadhorse, Alaska | May, 2016

MC116-9392

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Musk Ox | Deadhorse, Alaska | May, 2016

Musk Ox | Deadhorse, Alaska | May, 2016

MC126-8231

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Musk Ox | Deadhorse, Alaska | May, 2016

Musk Ox | Deadhorse, Alaska | May, 2016

MC116-9639

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Musk Ox | Deadhorse, Alaska | May,2016

Musk Ox | Deadhorse, Alaska | May,2016

MC127-8520

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Musk Ox | Deadhorse, Alaska | May, 2016

Musk Ox | Deadhorse, Alaska | May, 2016

MC116-9634

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Musk Ox | Deadhorse, Alaska | May, 2016

Musk Ox | Deadhorse, Alaska | May, 2016

MC127-8559

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Musk Ox | Deadhorse, Alaska | May, 2016

Musk Ox | Deadhorse, Alaska | May, 2016

MC127-8459

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Musk Ox Calf | Deadhorse, Alaska | May, 2016

Musk Ox Calf | Deadhorse, Alaska | May, 2016

MC127-8524

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Musk Ox | Deadhorse, Alaska |May, 2016

Musk Ox | Deadhorse, Alaska |May, 2016

MC127-8530

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Musk Ox | Deadhorse, Alaska | May, 2016

Musk Ox | Deadhorse, Alaska | May, 2016

MC116-9406

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Musk Ox | Deadhorse, Alaska | May, 2016

Musk Ox | Deadhorse, Alaska | May, 2016

MC127-8548

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Musk Ox | Deadhorse, Alaska | May, 2016

Musk Ox | Deadhorse, Alaska | May, 2016

MC116-9624

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Musk Ox | Deadhorse, Alaska | May, 2013

Musk Ox | Deadhorse, Alaska | May, 2013

MC82-3073

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Musk Ox | Deadhorse, Alaska | May, 2013

Musk Ox | Deadhorse, Alaska | May, 2013

MC82-3072

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Musk Ox | Deadhorse, Alaska | May, 2013

Musk Ox | Deadhorse, Alaska | May, 2013

MC-82-3037

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Musk Ox | Deadhorse, Alaska | May, 2013

Musk Ox | Deadhorse, Alaska | May, 2013

MC82-3052

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Musk Ox | Atigun Pass, Alaska | June, 2011

Musk Ox | Atigun Pass, Alaska | June, 2011

Musk Ox are known by the Inuit [or Eskimos] as Oomingmak which means “the bearded one”. Easy to see why they chose this name. |MC42-0241

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Musk Ox | Deadhorse, Alaska | June, 2011

Musk Ox | Deadhorse, Alaska | June, 2011

I like the way the wind is blowing the hair across the top of her back. It was blowing hard and snowing the morning this picture was taken. |MC44-0200

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Musk Ox | Atigun Pass, Alaska | June, 2011

Musk Ox | Atigun Pass, Alaska | June, 2011

To me this fascinating animal is the one that best represents what is so special about the Arctic. |MC42-0220

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Musk Ox | Atigun Pass, Alaska | June, 2011

Musk Ox | Atigun Pass, Alaska | June, 2011

The Musk Ox is one of the oldest species of mammals living today, and one of the very few large animals that managed to hang on after the end of the last ice age 10,000 years ago.They shared this world with mammoths, mastodons, saber-toothed cats and giant ground sloths,yet while the vast majority of these animals disappeared the Musk Ox has managed to survive. |MC42-0215

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Musk Ox | Atigun Pass, Alaska | June, 2011

Musk Ox | Atigun Pass, Alaska | June, 2011

Musk Ox have a double coat of hair,a long outer layer that hangs to the ground in winter, and a under layer called qivuit which is the warmest and lighest wool in the world. Prices for qivuit yarn range between $40 to $80 dollars per ounce. This animal has started sheading it’s outer coat. |MC42-0216

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Musk Ox – Cow | Deadhorse, Alaska | June, 2011

Musk Ox –  Cow | Deadhorse, Alaska | June, 2011

This Musk Ox cow had a very young calf with her that is out of the picture to the right. |MC44-0201

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Musk Ox – Calf | Deadhorse, Alaska | June, 2011

Musk Ox –  Calf | Deadhorse, Alaska | June, 2011

This calf is only four or five weeks old. It’s mother is laying out of the picture to the left. |MC44-0208

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Musk Ox | Atigun Pass, Alaska | June, 2011

Musk Ox | Atigun Pass, Alaska | June, 2011

Contrary to their name and appearance, Musk Ox have no true musk gland and are not oxen. Musk Ox are more closely related to sheep and goats and are in their own genus, Ovibos, which is Latin for sheep ox. The males do emit a musty cologne during the mating season. |MC43-0150

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Musk Ox | Deadhorse, Alaska | June, 2011

Musk Ox | Deadhorse, Alaska | June, 2011

We watched this cow and her calf that is out of the picture to the right for two hours the morning this picture was taken and they would not stand up. It was very windy and snowing but they apparently were comfortable. |MC44-0191

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