240 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES 



Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 928 ; Flower and Garsoti, Cat. Osteol. 

 Mus. B. Coll. Sur(]. pt. ii, p. 312, 1884 ; Flower and LydeMer, 

 Stiuh/ of Mammals, p. 325, 1891 ; Lydeklwr, Horns and Hoofs, 

 p. 326, 1893, British Mammals, p\ 253, 1935, Deer of All 

 Lands, p. 33, pi. i. 1898, Gi-caf and Small Game of Europe, ete. 

 p. 24, 1901; ScJiarff, Proc. B. Irish Ac. ser. 3^ voL iv, 473, 

 1897, Euro])ean Animals, p. 110, 1907 ; Grant, 1th Bep. Neiu 

 Yorh Zool. Soc. p. 4, 1902 ; Allen, Bull. Amcr. Mus. Nat. Hist. 

 vol. xix, p. 125, 1903; Wincfc, Danmarlis Fauna, Pattedyr, 

 p. 179, 1908 ; Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1910, p. 960 ; Troucssart, 

 Fanne Mamin. Etirojpe, p. 231, 1910; Ward, Becords of Biq 

 Game, ed. 6, p. 83, 1910, ed. 7, p. 83, 1914; Miller, Cat. Mamm. 

 West. Europe, p. 980, 1912. 

 Tarandus furcifer, Baird, Bep. Conim. Patents, 1851, vol. ii. Agric. 

 p. 109. 1852. 



Reindekr ; Caribou. 



Typical locality inountaius of Swedish Lapland. 

 A variable and widely-spread species, of which most of 

 the characters are the same as those of the genus. Coat 



Fig. 40. — Lower Front Teeth of Reindeer 



{Rangifcr tarandus). 



From Miller, Cat. Mamui. Western Europe. 



dense and compact ; general colour varying from clo^e- 

 brown, with more or less white or whitish grey on under- 

 parts, inner surfaces of limbs, above the hoofs, and on the 

 muzzle, and in some cases whitish rings round the eyes, to 

 nearly white on the one hand and to blackish brown on the 

 other ; typically a white area in the region of the tail, which 

 includes the sides but not the upper surface of the latter, 

 and the tarsal tuft generally white. The antlers are smooth, 

 and brownish wliite in colour, but the hoofs are jet black. 

 A height of 4 feet 10 inches at the shoulder has been 

 recorded in the Newfoundland race. 



Tlie range is co-extensive with that of the genus. 



