l88 MAMMALIA. 



/. Skull 5 Upton, Maine, U. S. A. W. Theobald, 1R68. 



g. Skin, skull ^Spirit Lnke, Ont., J. H. Garnier [Ex.] 



11-12-84. 

 h. Skin, skull $ Spirit Lake, Ont., J. H. Garnier [Ex.] 



31-10-84. 



Genus RANGIFER. 



Rangifer, H. Smith, Griffith An. Kint^d., v, p. 304 (1827J [as a sub-genus]. 

 Tarandus, Ogilby P. Z. S., p. 134.(1836). 



Rangifer tarandus. 



Cervns tarandus, Linneeus Synt. Nat., 12th ed., 1 p. 93 (1766). 

 Cervus (Rangifer) tarandus, H.Sviith Griffith, An. Kins.d., iv., p. 79 (1827). 

 Tarandus rangifer, Ogilby P Z.S., p. 134(1836); Blyth Cat., p. 145. 

 Rangifer tarandus. Gray List Mavim. B. M., p. 181 (1843); Brooke P.Z.S., 



1878, p. 928. 

 Rangifer caribou et groenlandicus, Baitd N. Amer. Manim., p. 633 (1857)*. 



Distrihiiion. — Circumpolar, i.e.. Northern Europe, Asia and 

 America. 



Genus TRAGULUS. 



Tragulus, Pallas Spic. Zool. xiii, p. 27 (1778), 

 Meminna, Gray Ann. Philos. xvi (1825)*. 



There has been a great deal of confusion in the synonymy of 

 this genus; Milne Edwards published in 1864 a monograph 

 on the subject and first elucidated mutters. Besides T. mem- 

 minna, which is quite distinct, there seem to be two well-marked 

 forms and several varieties which are doubtfully worthy of specific 

 distinction; the typical T. napu is of a grayish tinge and has 

 two varieties, one unnamed, reddish with a strongly marked 

 nuchal stripe, the other called T. stanleyanus of Gray, a still 

 brighter red without any trace of the nuchal stripe ; of the 

 smaller forms, the one best known is T. kanchil, the other T. 

 javanicus, is said to be distinguishable from T. kanchil, but is 

 apparently confined to the island of Java and there is no representa- 

 tive of it in the Museum. 



Key of the Indian Species. 



fz. Body spotted . . . T. memminna, p. 189. 



d^. Body not spotted 



h. Larger, tarsus and hind-foot, 5'8 inches, with 5 white 

 throat stripes ... T. napu, p. 190. 



