🦬 Musk ox report template
Three versions, one page each. Print the one for your child’s grade. The facts come from the musk ox page, every number with its source.
Grades 1–2
My report: the musk ox
Ovibos moschatus · Grades 1–2
| Length | 8.2 ft (2.5 m) |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Weight | 441 to 882 lb (200 to 400 kg) |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | not checked yet: look it up! |
Read about it
Musk oxen live in the freezing Arctic. They have long, shaggy hair and curved horns. Under the long hair is a layer of very soft, warm wool.
It lives in:
It eats:
The coolest thing I learned:
Where my facts came from
- National Park Service, Cape Krusenstern, nps.gov/cakr/learn/nature/muskox.htm, checked 2026-10-30
Grades 3–4
My report: the musk ox
Ovibos moschatus · Grades 3–4
| Length | 8.2 ft (2.5 m) |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Weight | 441 to 882 lb (200 to 400 kg) |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | not checked yet: look it up! |
Read about it
A musk ox wears two coats: long, shaggy hairs on the outside and super soft wool underneath, called qiviut. The wool is so warm that the animal can stay cozy in the Arctic winter. When danger is near, the herd bunches together, with the calves in the middle and the grown-ups facing outward.
Where it lives (its habitat):
What it eats:
How its body helps it live there:
My favorite fact:
A question I still have:
Where my facts came from
- National Park Service, Cape Krusenstern, nps.gov/cakr/learn/nature/muskox.htm, checked 2026-10-30
Grades 5–6
My report: the musk ox
Ovibos moschatus · Grades 5–6
| Length | 8.2 ft (2.5 m) |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Weight | 441 to 882 lb (200 to 400 kg) |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | not checked yet: look it up! |
Read about it
Musk oxen are more closely related to goats and sheep than to cattle. Their long hair almost reaches the ground, and with the wool underneath it keeps out the bitter wind. In summer they graze on grasses and flowering plants, and in winter they dig through shallow snow to find food, moving slowly to save energy. Musk oxen disappeared from Alaska long ago; people brought some back from Greenland, and herds live there again.
Habitat and range: where on Earth, and what the place is like:
Diet: what it eats, and what might eat it:
Adaptations: two ways its body or habits help it survive:
Is it in danger? Why or why not?:
Compare it with another animal you know:
Bibliography: write each source below as site, page title, date checked:
Where my facts came from
- National Park Service, Cape Krusenstern, nps.gov/cakr/learn/nature/muskox.htm, checked 2026-10-30