Taymyr Peninsula
Northernmost mainland point of Eurasia, with rich indigenous heritage.
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Reintroduced muskox reached a population of 6,500 by 2010.[1] Among the peninsula's indigenous groups, Dolgans constitute the largest population.[2]
Biology and range
This habitat supported widespread Ice Age mammals such as wild horses (Equus sp.).[3] By 2010, the population had increased to 6,500.[1] The Taymyr Peninsula's relatively arid conditions might have provided a refuge for the mammoth steppe ecosystem.[3] In 1975, muskox were brought back to the peninsula through a reintroduction effort.[1]
By 2002, the reintroduced muskox herd on the peninsula had expanded to 2,500 animals.[1] Nenets, Enets, and Evenks are additional indigenous peoples inhabiting the peninsula.[2]
What the specialist sources record
A 2005 BioMed Central paper states that the last known Asian muskoxen died out on the Taimyr Peninsula about 2,000 years ago.[4]
References
- Wikipedia, "Taymyr Peninsula" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: BioMed Central, "Muskox Suffered Loss Of Genetic Diversity At Pleistocene/Holocene Transition", 6 October 2005; "Greenland Muskox", Bovids; Dr. Taras Sipko, "Reintroduction of Musk Ox in the Northern Russia", Large Herbivore Network (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Taymyr Peninsula" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Информация о полуострове Таймыр (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Taymyr Peninsula" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Wang, "Late Quaternary dynamics of Arctic biota from ancient environmental genomics.", Nature, 2021, p. 86–92 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- BioMed Central, "Muskox Suffered Loss Of Genetic Diversity At Pleistocene/Holocene Transition", 6 October 2005. facts only, no text reused. sciencedaily.com
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- Wikipedia: Taymyr Peninsula (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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