Muskox Bull Killed by a Barren-Ground Grizzly Bear, Thelon Game Sanctuary, N.W.T.

Authors

  • Anne Gunn
  • Frank L. Miller

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic2364

Keywords:

Animal food, Animal mortality, Grizzly bears, Muskoxen, Predation, Thelon Game Sanctuary, N.W.T./Nunavut

Abstract

The carcass of an adult muskox bull (Ovibos moschatus) killed by a barren-ground grizzly bear (Ursus arctos richardsoni) was found in the Thelon Game Sanctuary. It is suggested that adult muskox bulls along the Thelon River system have become prey for at least some grizzly bears that have learned to ambush them in dense vegetation.

Key words: muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus); grizzly bear (Ursus arctos richardsoni); predation

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Published

1982-01-01

Issue

Vol. 35 No. 4 (1982): December: 457–571

Section

Articles