What is Musk ox?
{{Taxobox | name = Musk ox | status = lc | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{IUCN2008|assessors=Gunn, A. & Forchhammer, M.|year=2008|id=29684|title=Ovibos moschatus|downloaded=31 March 2009}} Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.</ref> | image = Ovibos moschatus by Dixi.jpg | image_width = 230px | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | ordo = [[Even-toed ungulate|Artiodactyla]] | familia = [[Bovid]]ae | subfamilia = [[Goat-antelope|Caprinae]] | genus = '''''Ovibos''''' | genus_authority = [[Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville|Blainville]], 1816 | binomial = ''Ovibos moschatus'' | binomial_authority = ([[Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann|Zimmermann]], 1780) | range_map=Muskox.png | range_map_caption=Range map. Blue indicates areas where the muskox has been successfully introduced in the 20th century. Red indicates established range. | range_map_width = 230px}} The '''musk ox''' (''Ovibos moschatus'', muskox) is a large [[Arctic]] [[mammal]] of the [[Bovid]]ae family. It has a thick coat, and was common in the [[northern hemisphere]] during the [[Pleistocene]] [[ice age]]. The males give off a strong [[odour]], hence its name. This musky odour is used to attract females during mating season. Musk oxen travel in [[herd]]s of females and their young led by one or two strong males. Male oxen fight over who will be leader by butting their thick heads and horns against each other. The musk oxen's long, curved horns keep away predators. When a herd smells nearby wolves, all the musk oxen form a circle and face out. They lower their heads to show off their horns.<ref> {{cite book|title=The Magic School Bus, Polar Bear Patrol|last=Cole|first=Joanna|year=2000|location=U.S.A.|isbn=0-439-31433-X}}</ref> Musk oxen live in the [[Arctic]], [[North America]] and [[Greenland]],<ref>Greenland guide. [http://www.greenland-guide.gl/animal_life.htm Animal Life in Greenland - an introduction by the tourist board] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive