RANGIFER 981 



1852. Taranchis furcifer Baird, Kep. Coram. Patents, 1851, ii, Agric, p. lO'J 



(Renaming of tarandus). 

 1902. [Rangifcr tarandus] var. cylindricornis Camerano, Mem. Reale Accad. 



Sci. Torino, 2nd ser., li, p. 167 (Renaming of true tarandus). 

 1910. Rangifer tarandus Trouessart, Paune Mamm. d'Europe, p. 231. 



Type locality. — Alpine region of Swedish Lapland. 



Geographical diatribution. — Formerly the entire alpine region 

 of the Scandinavian Peninsula ; now confined in the wild state 

 to two widely separated districts in Norway ; west Finmarken in 

 the north, and the main high mountain 

 region in the south. Extensively domes- 

 ticated throughout Scandinavian Lapland. 



Diagnosis. — Size rather large (height 

 of adult male at shoulder about 1 150 mm. ; 

 upper length of skull 270-290 mm.) ; 

 skull with nasal bones broad and little 

 arched ; teeth relatively large (upper tooth- 

 row 94-98 ; lower tooth-row 101-104 mm.) ; 

 general colour a greyish or drab brown 

 above, buffy whitish beneath and on 

 muzzle ; a darker longitudinal area on 

 side of body ; tail buffy white with dark 

 median line. 



Measurements. — Adult male from Heimdalen, Norway : head 

 and body, 2000±, tail, 150 ; hind foot, 450± ; ear, 100±. For 

 cranial measurements see Table, p. 984. 



Specimens examined. — Nine, from the following localities : — 

 Norway : Heimdalen, Norway, 1 (U.S.N.M.), wild ; no exact locality, 

 1 (U.S.N.M.), tame ; B.M. specimens as enumerated below. 



Beviarls. — The matei-ial examined is too limited to form the 

 basis of any discussion of the various forms of wild and tame 

 reindeer. 



cisifonii teeth 



(5 St. LoerdalMts.,Sogue Sir W. J. Ingram 87.9.20.1. 



Fjord, Norway. (c & p). 



J & ? antlers. Loerdal Mts. Sir W. J. Ingram 87. 9. 20. 2-3. 



(c & p). 



6 St. Fillefjeld, Norway. Chas. Ingram (c &p). 79. 10. 9. 1. 

 & skeleton. 



9 St. FiUefjeld, Norway. Sir W. J. Ingram 81. 9. 28. 2. 



& skeleton. (c & p). 



?. Norway. Chas. Ingram (c & p). 75.10.30.1. 



? (ad. & yg.). Norway. J. C. Ingram (c & p). 83. 7. 28. 1-2. 



RANGIFER FENNICUS Lonnberg. 



1909. Rangifer tarandus fcnnicus Lonnberg, Arkiv for Zoologi, vi, No. 4, 

 p. 10, July 14, 1909. 



Ty2)e locality. — Torne, Lappmark (" thus probably in Enon- 

 tekis," Jide Lonnberg), Finnland. 



