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VEKTEBUATA: MAMMALIA. 



in Fig. 113. The Moose is the largest living member of 

 the Deer family, quite equaling the horse in bulk, and 

 standing very high. 



Other kinds of deer, as the celebrated Reindeer of Lap- 

 land, and the Caribou or American Reindeer (Fig. 114), of 

 North America, both belonging to the genus Rangifer, 

 have the horns palmated at the tip, and present in both 

 sexes. The Reindeer is about four and a half feet long, 



and three feet high. 



FIG. 114. 



American Reindeer, or Caribou, R. caribou, Audubon and Baclinian. 



Still other kinds of deer, those of the genus Cervus, as 

 the Virginia Deer (Fig. 112), and the American Elk or 

 Wapiti (Fig. 115), have the horns more or less cylindrical 

 or conical. The American Elk is found in the north- 

 western portions of the United States and northward, and 

 is about as large as a horse,' and is remarkable for its very 

 long and much branched horns. 



