CARIBOU 



back grayish brown or drab, some brown on muzzle and 

 on legs; elsewhere white to yellowish white. _ Summer: 

 white or whitish on underparts, patch around tail and but- 

 tocks, and narrow band above hoofs; elsewhere light brown 

 to umber brown, darkest along back. 

 Labrador Barren Ground Caribou. — Rangifer arcticus cahoti 

 G. M. Allen. 

 "Resembles R. arcticus of Arctic America, but the antlers 

 have, in the adult males, a more sweeping backward curve, 

 and their tips are carried farther forward. . . . Both brow 

 tine and bez tine are greatly developed. . . . The summer 

 pelage is of the usual gray above, with a marked white eye 

 ring. The winter condition I do not know." (Allen) 

 Found in Labrador. 

 Ogilvie Barren Ground Caribou. — Rangifer arcticus ogilvyen- 

 sis (Millais). 

 Larger and darker than typical arcticus; smaller^ than 

 osborni but somewhat like it in appearance. Found in the 

 Ogilvie Mountains, north of Dawson, Yukon, Canada. 

 Peary Caribou; Ellesmere Land Caribou. — Rangifer pearyi 

 Allen. 

 Smaller than arcticus; nearly all white except for a small 

 patch of Hght grayish brown (almost lilac) along back from 

 shoulders to rump. A flat skin measures 66 inches in 

 length. Found in Ellesmere Land, 79° north latitude. 

 Greenland Caribou. — Rangifer groenlandicus (Gmelin). 



Small, pale, and with slender antlers; darker in color than 

 pearyi, dark slaty brown on back. Found in Greenland. 

 Stone's Caribou. — Rangifer stonei Allen. 



A large, dark-colored member of the Barren Ground group; 

 top of head blackish, end of muzzle whitish; top and sides 

 of neck dark grayish brown; underside of neck with long 

 white fringe; upperparts, legs, and upperside of tail dark 

 brown, palest on shoulders; no caudal patch; belly blackish 

 brown; white band above hoofs; antlers heavy with many, 

 well-developed tines. Total length, 85 inches; tail verte- 

 bree, 6 inches; height at shoulder, 52 inches. Found on the 

 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. 

 Grant QaxihoM.— Rangifer granti Allen. 



Similar to stonei but smaller. Dark brown on upperparts ; 

 rump patch white; sides of neck light gray with creamy 

 tinge; end of muzzle whitish; top of nose dark brown to 

 blackish; belly yellowish white; antlers large and fairly 

 heavy, brow antlers well developed. Total length, _ 76 

 inches; tail vertebrae, 8 inches; hind foot, 23 inches; height 

 at shoulder, 50 inches. Found on the treeless western end 

 of the Alaskan Peninsula. 

 Point Barrow Caribou. — Rangifer excelsifrons Holhster. 



Known only from a skull which differs from other North 

 American Caribou in having a very high braincase. Found 

 a/- Point Barrow, Alaska. 



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