REINDEER OR CARIBOU 3 



caribou^} of the forest districts of Arctic America, distinguished by its 

 large bodily size and the short, much-palmated antlers ; (4) the New- 

 foundland reindeer (R, tarandus terrce-nov<z\ which is closely allied to 



Side view of Antlers of Male Barren-Ground Reindeer. From a specimen in the British Museum. 



the last, but with even more complex antlers and some differences in 

 coloration ; (5) the Greenland reindeer (R, tarandus grcenlandicus], 

 which is apparently very similar to the sixth variety ; and (6) the 

 barren-ground reindeer (R. tarandus arcticus\ from the open country 

 north of the forests in America, a very distinct animal, characterised 



