IN THE ALASKA- YUKON GAMELANDS 



species herewith, as well as some cuts illustrating 

 the vital characteristics, for I feel that I would 

 be quite lacking in appreciation if I should fail 

 to describe the animal in this volume and thereby 

 acknowledge the compliment that has been paid 

 me by Jesse D. Figgins, director of the Colorado 

 Museum of Natural History, in naming the new 

 caribou in my honor: 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF CARIBOU FROM 



THE REGION OF THE ALASKA-YUKON 



BOUNDARY 



BY J. D. FIGGINS 



During August and September, 191 8, Messrs. 

 J. A. McGuire and H. C. James secured for the 

 Colorado Museum of Natural History, in the 

 region of the Alaska- Yukon boundary, various 

 specimens of large mammals. Among these are 

 six examples of caribou and as they differ ma- 

 terially when compared with osborni and the 

 published pictured description of stonei^ it is 

 proposed that they be known as 



Rangifer mcguirei, Sp. Nov.* 



Characters. — Absence of white around the 

 eyes (only faintly suggested in one young speci- 

 men); back darker than legs; tip of nose and 



*Rangifer Mcguirei is named in honor of Mr. J. A. McGuire, of Denver, 

 Colorado, wlio, as a naturalist-sportsman and editor of "Outdoor Life," has been 

 one of the foremost leaders in the proti ction of North American game animals and 

 whose example and influence have been of mestimable value in tstabliahiixg a higher 

 standard of sportsmanship. 



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