Serological Evidence on the Relationships of the Musk Ox
- 1 November 1958
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Mammalogy
- Vol. 39 (4), 554-559
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1376794
Abstract
Opinions concerning the relationships of the musk ox to other members of the family Bovidae are varied and contradictory. Flower and Lydekker (1891) stated that “this genus is generally considered to be a connecting link between the Caprine and Bovine sections, but should rather be regarded as an aberrant type of the former.” Yet the idea, suggested indeed by the very name Ovibos, that the genus forms a link betwen sheep and cattle has never completely disappeared (cf. Glover, 1953).Keywords
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