Bos moschatus E.A.W.Zimmermann, 1780

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

SPECIES

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Chordata

class

Mammalia

order

Artiodactyla

family

Bovidae

genus

Ovibos

species

Ovibos moschatus

Name

Homonyms

Bos moschatus E.A.W.Zimmermann, 1780

Common names

muskox in English

Bibliographic References

1. Bogdanowicz (2016-06-19 22:00:00) Fauna Europaea: Chordata: Mammalia. Fauna Europaea version 2.6.2
2. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Direction 22 Addition to the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology of (a) the specific names of fifty-seven species, each of which is the type species of a genus in the class Mammalia, the name of which was placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology in the period up to the end of 1936, and (B) of the specific names of two species belonging to the same class, each of which is currently regarded as the oldest available name for the type species of a genus, the name of which was placed on the Official List in the same period.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1C(C13), 179-200 (1955)