38 ALCES. ODOCOILEUS. 



57. americanus. {.4/i;-s), Jard. Nat. Libr., 1835, Mamm. p. 125. 



inaclilis, (Linn.), Ogilby, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1836, p. 135. 



pa/inattis. Gray, List Mamm. Brit. Mus., 1843, p. 182. 



lobatus, Agass. Proc. Bost. Soc, 1846, p. 188. 



iiiusiva, Rich. Zool. of Herald, Mamm.. 1852, p. 66. 



Type locality. Eastern Canada. 



Geogr. Distr. Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, 

 possibly Ontario; Maine, Minnesota, Montana and north to latitude 

 69° east of the Rocky Mountains. 



Genl. Char. Smaller than Alaskan moose; skull with broader 

 occipital region, narrower palate and lighter mandible. 



Color. Winter Pelage. General color black; flanks pale fawn; 

 legs golden brown; forehead dark chestnut. 



Summer Pelage. Somewhat lighter in general color. Not infre- 

 quently grayish individuals are met with, very different in appearance 

 from the blackish ones. 



Measurements. Height at withers as much as 2440; total length, 

 2iio-2igo; tail vertebra;, 202-280; height of ear, 355. Weight, 800- 

 1200 pounds. Weight of antlers, 50-60 pounds. 



58. gigas. {Alces), Miller, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., i8gg, p. 57. 



Type locality. Tustumena Lake, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. 



Geogr. Distr. Alaska. 



Genl. Char. Size very large. Skull with narrow occipital 

 region, broad palate and heavy mandible. 



Color. Grizzled black and wood brown, darker on dorsal region; 

 breast clear black as are the buttocks and lower sides. Legs hair 

 brown; middle of belly hair brown. Ears broccoli brown, inside yel- 

 lowish white. 



Measurements. Total length, males, 2946-3048; tail vertebrae, 

 loi; height at shoulder, 2034; ear from crown, 304. Antlers: Great- 

 est expanse, 1530-1600; tip to tip, 1 120-1200; width of palmation, 

 310-360; least diameter between burr and brow tine, 175-210. Skull: 

 width between tips of paroccipital processes, 160-165; greatest 

 width of palate between tooth rows, 93-101; length of mandible, 480, 

 485; depth of mandible at posterior end of tooth row, 58-65; greatest 

 depth of mandible, 223-235; least depth of mandible, 31-34; mandibu- 

 lar tooth rows, 152-165. 



30. Odocoileus. 



I. 2^°; c. ?=5; P. ti; M. -3=1 = 32. 



Odocoileus. Rafin. Atlantic Jour. , 1832, i, no. 3, p. 109. Type O. 

 sptiei/s, Rafin. = C. a/nericanus Erxl. 



