122 Bulletin American Museum of Natural History. [Vol. XVI, 



Rangifer granti, sp. nov. 



Type, No. 17593, $ ad., western end of Alaska Peninsula, opposite 

 Popoff Island, Oct. 29, 1901; Andrew J. Stone Expedition. 



Adult male, end of October. General color above dark brown; 

 rump patch white; on lower parts of flanks a broad whitish band 



behind the shoulder, rap- 

 idly narrowing poste- 

 riorly and becoming lost 

 in the general colora- 

 tion; below this a dark 

 lateral band, separating 

 the dark color of the 

 sides from the white 

 ventral surface; top of 

 shoulders and sides of 

 neck light gray, strongly 

 tinged with cream- white, 

 the tips of the hairs yel- 

 lowish gray, the basal 

 two-thirds dark gray ; 

 long hair on median ven- 

 tral line of neck yellow- 

 ish white, not greatly 

 lengthened as in R. 

 stonei; muzzle, chin and 

 edges of lips silvery 

 grayish white; whole top 

 of nose very dark brown 

 or blackish brown, be- 

 coming lighter posteri- 

 orly; sides of head lighter 

 brown, passing into paler 

 yellowish brown on sides 

 of throat, and into yel- 

 lowish white on the me- 

 dian line ; fore neck 

 (except median line) 

 yellowish, the tips of the 

 hairs darker, yellowish 

 gray-brown ; pectoral 

 area very dark brown, 

 nearly as dark as the top 



of the nose; whole ventral surface yellowish white, becoming nearly 

 pure white posteriorly and on the inside of the thighs; front of fore 



Fig. 3. Rangifer granti. $ ad. Same specimen as Fig. 

 About $ nat. size. 





