CERVID^l 241 



It is not at present possible to give a trustworthy " key " 



to the various races. The European and West Asiatic 



(exclusive of Novaya Zemlyan) races are distinguishable 

 as follows : 



A. Size smaller, upper length of skull less than 



Scinches (225 mm.) R. t. platyrlnjnclius. 



B. Size larger, upper length of skull ranging 



from about lOf (270 mm.) to 11 inches 



(300 mm.). 

 a. Upper length of skull from about lOf to 



llf inches E. t. tarandus. 



I. Upper length of skull about 11 inches B. t. fennicus. 



East Asiatic (including Novaya Zemlyan) and American 

 races fall into two groups, in the first of which (A) the 

 antlers are short with no tineless interval on the beam, and 

 most of the tines much palmated, while in the second (B) the 

 antlers are of great length, with a long tineless interval on 

 the beam, and the tines themselves not greatly palmated 

 Intermediate forms tend to connect the extreme types. 



A. Woodland Group. 



R. t. sibiricnft. R. t. trrrwnovv. 



P. t. pearsoni. R. t. montaniis. 



R. t. phyllarcJtux. R. t. dawsoni. 



R. t. caribou. R. t. stonei* 



R. t. sylvestris. (?) R. t. fortidens* 



B. Barren-Group Group. 



R. t. osborni. R. t. arcticus. 



R. t. granti. R. t. grcenlandiciifi. 



R. t. excelsifrons. R. t.pearri. 



A. Rangifer tarandus tarandus. 



andus typicus, Lydekker, Deer of All Lands, p. 33, 1898 ; 

 Records of Big Game, ed. 6, p. 84, 1910, ed. 7, p. 84, 



1914. 



Rangifer tarandus var. cylindricornis, Camerano, Mem. R. Ace. Sci. 

 Torino, ser. 2, vol. li, p. 167, 1902. 



REINDEER. 



Typical locality the mountains of Swedish Lapland. 

 Size relatively small, with subcylindrical antlers of an 



* Intermediate types. 

 IV. K 



