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ments of two Tschuktsch Reindeer bave been communicated 

 by NoRDQviST^ who says that their lengtb from the snout 

 to the root of the tail was resD. 173 and 162 cm. and the 



Fig. 5. Skull of Rangifer tarandus fiibiricus Murray from the Tschuktsch 

 country. The Vega-Expedition, O. Xoedqvist. 



height at the withers resp. 98 and 94 em. but age and sex 

 is not recorded. Nordqvist has also compared the skull of 

 such a Reindeer with skulls of Spitzbergen and Lapland 

 Reindeer and pointed out some differences in dimensions. In 

 consequence of those Nordqvist was inclined to regard the 

 Reindeer of Northeastern Asia as a separate race distinct 

 from the »European» Reindeer. 



^ Vegaexp. vetenskapl. iakttag. Bd. 2. p. 113. 



