66 BANQIFERIDJ^. 



t fforns deciduous, often wanting in the femah. Tarsi hainj on the 

 hinder side. — Cerv'ina, Graij, Cat. Ungul. B. M. p. 182 ; Cerridte, 

 Baird, Mam. N. A. p. 028. 



Fam. 18. ALCAD^. (The Elks.) 



Nose very broad, truncated, entirely covered with hair, with only 

 a very small central muffle. Young not spotted. Horns expanded or 

 palmated. SkuU : nose-hole very large, nasal very short. Arctic 

 Regions. 



Deer of the Snowy Regions, Gray, Cat. TJmjnl. B. M. p. 186. 

 AJcine Deer (Alcese), Gray, Cat. Ungul. B. M. p. 186. 



1. ALCES. 



Horns without an anterior basal snag, palmated. (Gray, Cat. 

 Ungul. B. M. p. 186, t. 26. f. 1, t. 27. f. l,head and horns; Baird, 

 Mam. N. A. p. 629 ; Blasius, Siiugcth. Deutsch. p. 434.) 



1. Alces malcMs. (The Elk or Moose.) B.M. 



Aloes malchis, Gray, Cat. Ungul B. M. p. 187, t. 26. f. 1, t. 27. f. 1 



(slaill and horns). 

 Alces americanus, Jardine ; Baird, 3Iam. N. A. p. 631, f. 817 & 832. 

 Alces lobatus, Agassiz. 

 Alces palmatus, Blasius, Siiugeth. Deutsch. p. 434, f. 231, 232 (series 



of horns). 



Hob. Northern regions of Europe and America. 



Fam. 19. RANGIFERIDiE. (The Reindeer.) 



Nose broad, entirely hairy, without any naked muffle. Antler 

 with a large anterior basal snag on the crown, palmated at the end. 

 Skull: nose-hole moderate ; intermaxillaries slender, just reaching 

 the nasals. Young not spotted. Arctic Regions. 



Rangerine Deer, Gray, Cat. Ungul. B. M. p. 188. 

 Rangiferinidae, Brooks. ■ 



1. TARANDUS. 



Tarandus, Gray, Cat. Ungul. B. M. p. 188, t. 20. f. 2, 3, t. 27. f. 2 

 (skull and horns). 



1. Tarandus rangifer. (The Caribou or Reindeer.) B.M. 



Tarandus rangifer, Gray, Cat. Utigul. B. M. p. 189, t. 20. f. 2, 3, 

 t. 27. f. 1 (skull and lioms). 



