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140. Skull: basal length, 360-430; length of nasals, 122-142; zygo- 

 matic breadth, 136-157; mastoid breadth; 146-149; upper tooth row, 

 99-101; length of mandible, 310-330. Antlers: length of beam, 

 745-1235; spread at tips, 393-790. 



82. *Rangifer stonii Allen. 



Rangifer stonei Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 1901, 

 p. 143. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1901, 

 Suppl., p. 483. Zool. Ser. Id. Pub. Field Columb. Mus., 

 1901, p. 61, pis. XI, XII, XIII. Zool. Ser. 

 Stone's Caribou. 



Type locality. Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. 



Geogr. Distr. Unknown. 



83. *Rangifer granti Allen. 



Rangifer granti Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 1902, 

 p. 122. 

 Grant's Caribou. 



Type locality. Alaskan Peninsula opposite PopofT Island. 



Geogr. Distr. Barren Lands, Alaskan Peninsula; Unimak Island. 

 Extent of range unknown. 



Genl. Char. Size small; antlers light and slender; color similar 

 to that of other caribou. 



Color. Adult male at end of October. Above dark brown; top 

 of nose blackish brown; sides of head lighter brown; shoulders and 

 sides of neck light gray (probably white in winter) ; rump patch, 

 ventral surface, and inner side of thighs white; breast dark brown; 

 tail white, with a dark band above continued from the back through 

 the white rump patch; legs and feet as in other caribou. Female 

 lighter, broccoli brown. 



Measurements. Total length, 1651-1905; tail vertebras, 140-203; 

 tarsus and foot, 470-584; height at shoulders, 903-1245. Skull: 

 basal length, 350-375; length of nasals, 118-126; zygomatic breadth, 

 133-141; mastoid breadth, 111-135; upper tooth row, 96-104; length 

 of mandible, 266-300. Antlers: beam along curve to tip, 780-1010; 

 greatest spread, 640-890. 



84. Rangifer groenlandicus (Gmelin). 



Cervus groenlandicus Gmel., Syst. Nat., i, 1788, p. 177. 

 Rangifer groenlandicus Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. 

 Pub., II, 1901, p. 37. Zool. Ser. 

 Greenland or Arctic Caribou. 



♦Specific distinctness not satisfactorily established. Increased knowledge 

 and more specimens required. 



