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(a) Newfoundlatid Caribou {Rang if er terraenovae). 



Until recently the same animal as the preceding. Now ranked 

 as an independent species, chiefly on account of lighter color. 



ip) Black-faced Cariboit, Motmtain Caribou {Ra?igifer montanus). 

 A darker caribou, September coat almost black. 



(c) Osborne Caribou {Rang if er osborni). 



A large dark-colored caribou of northern British Columbia. 



{d) The Kenai Caribou {Rangifer stonei). 



Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, named in 1901. Almost extinct in 1903. 



Note. — Woodland caribou prefer wooded districts, especially barrens and 

 swamps. They are found often associated with the moose, and inhabit similar 

 grounds. They do not like open plains or the country "studded with groves 

 of poplar. " Barren-ground caribou are, on the other hand, plains animals, 

 and emigrate north and south across the great northern barren districts of 

 North America 



7. The Barren-Ground Caribou. — Rangifer arciictts. 



This caribou is somewhat similar to No. 6 in appearance, but is 

 smaller. It is regarded by some naturalists as merely a geographical 

 race, the barren-ground caribou being the more northern. The head 

 is not so trim in outline or so handsome as that of the Virginia deer, 

 being "blunt and rather heavy, but less coarse than that of the moose " 

 — (Grinnell). The horns are remarkably large and heavy for the size 

 of the animal. Both sexes have horns. Those of the female are 

 smaller. 



Range. — Arctic regions south to the wooded districts of British 

 America ; Greenland to Alaska. 



{a) Greenland Caribou, 

 {b) Grant's Caribou. 



(c) Peary's Caribou. 



These caribou are all similar to the comtnon barren-ground cari- 

 bou. They are as much alike as the many ruffed grouse of the 

 ornithologists, and are of no importance to sportsmen. Some 

 naturalists doubt the merit of this classification. 



