REINDEER OR CARIBOU 47 
REINDEER or CARIBOU (Rangifer tarandus). 
HEIGHT at shoulder, 4 feet 10 inches (Newfoundland)—General 
R. L. Dashwood. WEIGHT of a full-grown Norwegian Reindeer, 30 
stone clean—Abel Chapman. Horns average about 30 lbs. 
Distribution.—Arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America ; 
New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland, where it is 
supposed by Dr. Caton to cross on the ice to the Continent. 
From Lake Superior it extended westward to the Pacific coast, 
and west of the barren grounds the range extends northwards 
LOm the Wimits, of the Continent. In the northern parts of 
Montana and Washington territories, as well as in British 
Columbia (J. E. Harting). 
Length e i | 
round |Circum-, Tip to | Widest eek . E 
outside | ference. Tip. inside. Pome. Habitat. | Owner. 
curve, 
| 
62 53 39 491 20+17 | Canada ‘ . | Mrs. Macintosh. 
60 Be || 385 AN 15 +22 be | Sir Victor Brooke’s Collection. 
—593 | 7 38 44 15 +16 re | J. Whitaker. 
