The Condition of Wild Life in Alaska 



Moose. Moose occur everywhere throughout 

 Alaska within the timbered region, but seldom 

 leave the shelter of the woods. They extend close 

 to the Arctic Ocean in the north, and occasionally 

 wander far out on the Alaska Peninsula. The 

 giant moose occurs on the Kenai Peninsula, but it 

 is probable that this animal is only an outlying 

 member of the type species, which in that district, 

 for some unknown reason, produces antlers of 

 extraordinary size and complexity. A few in- 

 stances of moose with antlers of great size are 

 known in the interior, but it is a matter of doubt 

 whether or not in bodily size the Kenai Peninsula 

 moose excels his kin in the interior, or in the 

 Yukon Territory. 



Mountain Sheep. Sheep occur everywhere in 

 the mountain regions throughout Alaska; being 

 especially abundant in the country around the 

 Upper Yukon and around Mt. McKinley, extend- 

 ing thence as far south and west as the Kenai 

 Peninsula. They also occur on the Upper Porcu- 

 pine River, but the great Yukon Valley in its lower 

 reaches is without sheep. 



Mountain Goat. Goats occur throughout the 

 mainland from the United States boundary north, 

 but are never found, as far as I know, on any of 

 the islands lying close along the coast in southeast- 



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