Photo By/Credit
Hupp, Lisa/USFWS
Date Shot/Created
06/08/2011Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
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The muskox (Ovibos moschatus) is a stocky, long-haired animal with a slight shoulder hump and a very short tail. Inupiaq-speaking Eskimos call itomingmak, meaning “the animal with skin like a beard,” a reference to the long guard hair that hangs nearly to the ground.
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