EAST SIBERIAN ELK 



Antlers of East Siberian Elk. From the Hon. Walter Rothschild's specimen. 



EAST SIBERIAN ELK (Alces bedfordise). 



A species, or race, distinguished from the typical form of the 

 Scandinavian elk by the absence of palmation in the antlers, which 

 usually have five large tines on each side. Some antlers from East 

 Siberia show a slight tendency to palmation, but no specimens from 

 that area have hitherto been received showing the full palmation 

 characteristic of so many European, and apparently all American, 

 examples. This elk would appear to be the ancestral form of the 

 group. If it be regarded as a race, rather than a specimen, it should 

 be called A. machlis bedforditz. 



Greatest 

 Width. 



37i 



7i 



26^ 



Tip to 

 Tip. 



28 



37 

 32 



Points. 



Locality. 



6 + 5 Siberia 



4 + 3 Do - 



5 + 4 Do. 



Owner. 



Hon. Walter Rothschild. 



British Museum. 



Hon. Walter Rothschild. 



