CONTENTS AND SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS OF THE 

 GAME ANIMALS OF EUROPE, WESTERN AND 

 NORTHERN ASIA, AND AMERICA 



INTRODUCTION . 



PACE 

 I 



SECTION I.— TYPES COMMON TO BOTH HEMISPHERES 



Ordkr UNGULATA— 



Sub-Order Artiodactyla — 

 Family Bovid^e — 



1. The Bighorn Sheep — Ovis ciitiadensis ...... 5 



//. Rocky Mountain Race — Ovis canddensis lypin/i .... 5 



b. Californian Race — Ovis canadensis nehoni ..... 10 



c. Mexican Race — Ovis ciinadensis mexicanus . . . . .11 



d. North-Western Race — Ovis canadensis stonei . . . . . iz 



e. Alaskan Race — Ovis canadensis dalli . . . . . .15 



f. Yukon Race — Ovis canadensis fannini . . . . . ig 



g. Kamchatkan Race — Ovis canadensis nivico/a . . . . .21 

 Family Cervida; — 



2. The Reindeer — Rangifer tarandus ...... 24. 



a. Scandinavian Race — Rangifer tarandus t\-picus .... 24 



l>. Spitzbergen Race — Rangifer tarandus spetsbergensis .... 29 



c. Woodland Race — Rangifer tarandus caribou . . . . .29 



d. Newfoundland Race — Rangifer tarandus territ-novie . . . .31 



e. Columbian Race — Rangifer tarandus montanus • . . -33 



f. Alaskan Race — Rangifer tarandus stonei ..... 36 



g. Greenland Race — Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus .... 37 

 /'. Barren-Ground Race — Rangifer tarandus arcticus . . , .38 



3. The Elk — A Ices maclJis ........ 42 



a. Europe.in Race — Alces machlis f^picus ..... 42 



b. American Race — Alces mactHs americanus ..... 46 



c. Alaskan Race — Alces machlis gigas ...... 49 



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