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The Last Surviving Ice Age Beast: Musk Ox

This animal was the third largest beast that Europeans hunted when the continent was covered by ice and snow, after the woolly mammoth and woolly rhino. Indeed, the musk ox (Ovibos moschatus), even if not very tall due to its short feet (just 1.5 m or 5 ft), can be 410 kilos (910 pounds) heavy. The lineage of the mus...

7 December 2007
16:37 GMT

Giant Jungle Ox, Proven to be Real Species

When kouprey (Bos sauveli) was first found in 1937, nobody could believe it: an almost one tonne heavy beast undiscovered by science until the middle of the 20th century! Wrapped in mystery, this extremely rare ox with curving horns has been an icon of Southeast Asian conservation. But the debate was focused on wheth...

8 October 2007
04:23 GMT




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