RUMINANTIA : 

 Fig. 45 



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American Reindeer, or Woodland Caribou, R. caribou, Aud. & Bach. 



The Genus Cervus Common Deer has the horns 

 more or less rounded, cylindrical or conical, sometimes 

 partly flattened, the nose tapering, naked, and moist. 



The American Elk, or Wapiti, C. canadensis, Erxl., of 

 the northern and northwestern portions of the United 

 States, and northward to the fifty-seventh parallel, is 

 about the size of the horse, the horns five to six feet 

 long and much branched, the color in summer light 

 chestnut-red, and in winter grayish. 



The Virginia Deer, C. virginianus, Bodd., (Fig. 69,) of 

 the United States east of the Missouri River, is one of the 

 most beautiful and graceful of all the deer. It is very 

 timid, and, when alarmed, bounds through the forest and 

 over the plains with almost incredible velocity. The 

 weight of an adult is about two hundred pounds. The 

 color, light fawn in summer, reddish-gray in winter, the 

 under part of the throat and tail always white. The Vir- 



