. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. THE MUSK-OX 105 facing their enemies until killed. This habit, so fatal in the presence of man, is all that saves the herds from being exterminated by the hordes of big white wolves which infest the Barren Grounds. General A. W. Greely states that the aver- age weight of ten Musk-Oxen, dressed, was 360 pounds, while the heaviest weighed 432 pounds. This would indicate an average Uve weight of 404 pounds, and a maximum live weight of 604 pounds. The accompanying map shows th
. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. THE MUSK-OX 105 facing their enemies until killed. This habit, so fatal in the presence of man, is all that saves the herds from being exterminated by the hordes of big white wolves which infest the Barren Grounds. General A. W. Greely states that the aver- age weight of ten Musk-Oxen, dressed, was 360 pounds, while the heaviest weighed 432 pounds. This would indicate an average Uve weight of 404 pounds, and a maximum live weight of 604 pounds. The accompanying map shows the range of Natural History Museum of Stockholm, made important and valuable contributions to the Hfe history of Ovibos voardi. On the barren, rocky hillsides and level upland pastures surrounding Scoresby Sound and Liverpool Bay, from lati- tude 70° to about latitude 74°, the expedition found Musk-Oxen in herds of from three to sixty-seven individuals, until the total number observed,amounted to between two hundred and thirty and two hundred and forty. For the first time, this remarkable species was photographed. RANGE OF THE MUSK-OX. Heavy black spots s'cnify actual occurrences. The dotted area indicates the probable range of the genus. The species north of Great Slave Lake is Ovibos moschatus, and that of Greenland and Grant Land is the White-Fronted Musk-Ox, Ovibos wardi. the Musk-Ox, the southern limit of which is 64°. During the last fifteen years whole herds have been killed in the Barren Grounds north of Great Slave and Great Bear Lakes, at Lady Franklin Bay, and on the eastern and northeastern coasts of Greenland. During the year 1899, a Swedish scientific ex- pedition to the east coast of Greenland, under the leadership of Prof. A. G. Nathorst, of the in its wild haunts, by Prof. Nathorst, Mr. Johan- nes Madsen and Mr. E. Nilson, and with very gratifying success. Of these pictures the most perfect is that which shows the leader of the ex- pedition closely approachin
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