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The Caribou 



Farther south we reach the Woodland caribou, 

 represented east of the Rocky Mountains by also 

 two forms, known as R. caribou and R. terra 

 novcz, the latter's claim for separation resting 

 chiefly upon the greater size of the body and 

 antlers, more particularly the latter. All deer 

 vary so greatly in size, even among individuals of 

 the same species, that it would be advisable to 

 have data gathered from a large number of individ- 

 uals before it could be determined that the size 

 of either closely allied species was the greater, and 

 that has not yet been produced to prove that the 

 Newfoundland deer is larger than that of the 

 continent. The antlers on the average appear 

 heavier than those seen on the mainland, yet in 

 many ways they closely resemble each other, and 

 antlers are not infrequently obtained from eastern 

 North America as heavy and wide-spread, and 

 provided with as many points, as those procured 

 in Newfoundland ; and it is doubtful if any one 

 could accurately state to which form they should 

 be attributed. The final status of these animals 

 can only be determined by the acquisition of ample 

 material of both forms, which up to this time has 

 not yet been obtained. The large antlers of the 

 Newfoundland caribou here figured belong to the 

 type specimen, and are of a rather unusual size. 



No other species are to be met with until the 

 Rocky Mountains are passed, and then three 



