Muskoxen are indigenous to Northwest Alaska; however, they disappeared before or during the
19th century. Although there is ample evidence of several genera of muskoxen in Northwest Alaska from the Pleistocene period, there is little evidence that muskoxen existed south of the Brooks Range during the last several hundred years.
In 1970 the department released 36 muskoxen near Cape Thompson, and in 1977 the department released an additional 34 muskoxen at the same site. The department released 36 muskoxen on the southwestern portion of the Seward Peninsula near Teller in 1970. In 1981 the department released an additional 35 muskoxen in the same area.
Game Management Units: 23 (43,000 mi2) and 26A (56,000 mi2
