Muskox
At the Preserve
Our collection:
| 5 | . | 5 | . | 1 |
| Male | Female | Young |
Our Habitat:
| 23.4 |
| Acres |
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Resources
General Overviews
The structure and function of muskox preorbital glands – R Gray, F Flood, and E Rowell
Muskox have many means of scent marking. The most notable is the strong scent male muskox emit during rutting season which is likely what earned them the name “muskox”. However, both male and female muskox possess small glands located near the eye (periorbital glands) that they can also use for scent marking. This paper focuses primarily on the structure of the periorbital gland and how the scent it emits is used for threat displays.
The structure and function of muskox preorbital glands – R Gray, F Flood, and E Rowell
Muskox have many means of scent marking. The most notable is the strong scent male muskox emit during rutting season which is likely what earned them the name “muskox”. However, both male and female muskox possess small glands located near the eye (periorbital glands) that they can also use for scent marking. This paper focuses primarily on the structure of the periorbital gland and how the scent it emits is used for threat displays.
Yukon Specific Research
Wildlife Management Advisory Council – Muskox
A council made up of representative stakeholders whose mandate is to conserve and protect wildlife, habitat and traditional Inuvialuit use within the Yukon North Slope.
In the News – Yukon Stories
Muskox Spotted near Tombstone Territorial Park – CBC
In 2015 a motorist spotted a large brown animal – a muskox, far south from its typical treeless north slope landscape.
Skull of Extinct Muskox Species Pulled out of the dirt near Dawson City – Yukon News
A discovery of the skull of a long-extinct breed of todays muskox was found just south of Dawson City in the fall of 2017.
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