Muskox at Dahkit Cove, Nunivak Island

Muskox were reintroduced to Alaska at Nunivak Island in 1935 by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. They are believed to survivors of the Pleistocene era and to have first come to North American from 200,000 to 90,000 years ago. Image taken from original slide USFWS Alaska Region Flickr page.