Musk-ox, bison, sheep, and goat . Forefoot of Barren Grounds Musk-ox. % actual size shape of the horns, which did not have the down-ward curve of those in existence, nor did thecurve of the horns come closely to the head asthey do now. Until 1898 O, moschatus was theonly existing type known to either hunters orscientists. In that year, however. LieutenantPeary, the Arctic explorer, killed in Bache Pen-. The Musk-ox 79 insula, Greenland, a series of specimens which, onbeing sent to the Museum of Natural History ofNew York, were decided by Professor J. A. Allenas having sufficient distinction to
Musk-ox, bison, sheep, and goat . Forefoot of Barren Grounds Musk-ox. % actual size shape of the horns, which did not have the down-ward curve of those in existence, nor did thecurve of the horns come closely to the head asthey do now. Until 1898 O, moschatus was theonly existing type known to either hunters orscientists. In that year, however. LieutenantPeary, the Arctic explorer, killed in Bache Pen-. The Musk-ox 79 insula, Greenland, a series of specimens which, onbeing sent to the Museum of Natural History ofNew York, were decided by Professor J. A. Allenas having sufficient distinction to warrant classi-fication. Meantime Rowland Ward, the Lon-
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