6 Deer and Antelope of North America 



real forests of Canada, extending its range down 

 into the United States in northern New England, 

 Minnesota, and along the Rocky Mountains. It 

 was exterminated from the Adirondack^ in the 

 early sixties, about the time that the wapiti was 

 exterminated in Pennsylvania, or very shortly be- 

 fore. It is the brother of the Old World elk, and 

 its huge size, shovel horns, short neck, swollen 

 nose, and long legs distinguish it at a glance from 

 any other animal. 



The caribou is found throughout most of the 

 moose's range, but it does not extend so far south, 

 and in some of its forms reaches much farther 

 north, being found on the cold barrens, from New- 

 foundland to the shores of the Arctic Sea. It is 

 the only animal which is still at certain seasons 

 found in enormous multitudes comparable to the 

 vast herds of the bison in the old days, and in 

 parts of its range it is being slaughtered in 

 the same butcherly spirit that was responsible for 

 the extinction of the bison. The different kinds 

 of American caribou are closely akin to the rein- 

 deer of the Old World, and their long, irregularly 

 branched antlers, with palmated ends, their big 

 feet, coarse heads, and stout bodies, render them 

 as easily distinguishable as the moose. 



The wapiti or round-horned elk always had its 

 centre of abundance in the United States, though 

 in the West it was also found far north of the 



