Ovibos moschatus (Zimmermann, 1780). Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere, 2: 86.
TYPE LOCALITY: Canada, Manitoba, between Seal and Churchill rivers.
DISTRIBUTION: Formerly Point Barrow, Alaska (U.S.A.) east to N. E. Greenland, south to N. E. Manitoba (Canada). Range now much reduced. Introduced to Seward Peninsula and Nunivak IsL, Alaska (U.S.A.); Taimyr Peninsula and Wrangel Isl. (U.S.S.R.); Norway.
ISIS NUMBER: 5301419009040001001.