I love the musk ox- they kind of remind me of the wooly mammoth which is one of my favorite animals, albeit extinct animals... Anyway, musk oxen are actually an ancient species of arctic mammal and aside from Alaska, are also found in remote areas of the far north, including Greenland, Canada, and Siberia.

Musk oxen, along with the wooly mammoth, saber-toothed cat, and giant ground sloth wandered into North America across the Bering Land Bridge. Fossil records have been found as far south as Ohio during the last Ice Age. While the musk ox died off in Alaska by the late 1800's they were reintroduced from wild herds in eatern Greenland in the 1930's and have made an astonishing comeback. Despite their name, musk oxen are not oxen, and even though they may resemble bison, musk ox are more closely related to goats and sheep. The musk oxen diet includes a wide variety of foods such as lichens, grasses, and leaves. Learn more at www.muskoxfarm.org.