THE CARIBOU 



Among the larger members of the deer tribe 

 inhabiting North America the caribou may fairly 

 claim a place. Less imposing in appearance than 

 the gigantic moose or majestic elk or wapiti, 

 and, when undisturbed and removed from danger 

 possessing a careless, indeed a slouchy carriage, 

 yet this deer, with his often splendid antlers, 

 palmated and many-pointed, his hairy muzzle, 

 peculiar among the deer tribe, and deeply cleft 

 hoofs, and his compact, sturdy frame, is one of 

 the really notable wild denizens of our northern 

 forests and wind-swept arctic plains. His range 

 in North America, under various names, is as 

 wide as the continent itself, and extends from 

 the northern borders of the United States to the 

 Arctic Sea, the Barren-Ground animal not often 

 passing south of 59 N. lat. although in 1856 

 they migrated to latitude 47 ° in great numbers 

 to Lake Huron. The Woodland do not go north 

 of 6o°, and probably only a comparative few reach 

 that latitude. 



Caribou are divided into two classes, the Wood- 

 land, embracing those which are habitually dwell- 



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