Ovibos moschatus (Zimmermann, 1780) . Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere, 2:86.

TYPE LOCALITY: Canada, Manitoba, between Seal and Churchill Rs .

DISTRIBUTION: Formerly Point Barrow, Alaska (USA) east to NE Greenland, south to NE Manitoba (Canada). Range now much reduced. Introduced to Seward Peninsula and Nunivak Isl, Alaska (USA); Taimyr Peninsula and Wrangel Isl (Russia); Svalbard (Norway).

SYNONYMS: mackenzianus, melvillensis, niphoecus, pearyi, wardi .

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Lent (1988, Mammalian Species, 302).