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87. Alee alces (Linnaeus). 



CervHs alces Linn., Syst. Nat., i, 1758, p. 66. 



Alces americanus Jard., Nat. Libr., Mamm., 1835, p. 125. Elliot, 

 Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C, M. Pub., 11, 1901, p. 38, pi. xiv. 

 Zool. Ser. 



Alces machlis Ogilby, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1836, p. 135. 



Alces palmatus Gray, List. Mamm. Brit. Mus., 1843, p. 182. 



Cerviis lobatHS Agass., Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., 1846, p. 188. 



Alces mtiswa Rich., Zool. of Herald, Mamm., 1852, p. 66. 

 Moose. 



Type locality. Eastern Canada. 



Geoiir. Distr. Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Maine, 

 Quebec, Ontario, Minnesota, Montana, and north to latitude 69° 

 east of the Rocky Mountains. 



88. Alee gigas (Miller). 



Alces gigas Miller, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xiii, 1899, p. 57. Elliot, 

 Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1901, p. 38. Zool. 

 Ser. 

 Alaskan Moose. 



Type locality. Tustumena Lake, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. 

 Geogr. Distr. Territor\^ of Alaska. 



Genus 40. Ccrviis. Wapili. .Vnu'ricjin KIk. 



Cervus Linn., Syst. Nat., i, 1758, p. 66. Type Cenms elaphus Lin- 

 naeus. 

 Elaphiis H. Smith, Griff. Anim. Kingd., v, 1827, p. 307. 

 Pseiidocervus Hodgson. Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, x, 1841, p. 914. 

 Strongyloceros! Owen, Brit. Foss. Mamm. & Birds, 1846, p. 470. 



89. Cervus canadensis (Erxleben). 



Cervus elaphus caiiaJeusis Erxl., Syst. Regn. Anim., i, 1777, p. 305. 



Cervus strongyloceros Schreb., Saugth., pi. ccxlvii, 1792? 



Cervus wapiti Barton, Am. Phil. Trans., 1869, p. 70. 



Cervus canadensis Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 

 II, 1901, p. 34, pi. XII. Zool. Ser. 

 Wapiti. American Elk. 



Type locality. Eastern Canada. 



Geogr. Distr. Rocky Mountain region from northern boundary 

 of New Mexico to British Columbia, and from the eastern base of the 

 range westward to about the 120th meridian. East of. the westward 

 borders of the great plains it is practically extinct, although it may 

 still linger in northern Minnesota and possibly in North Dakota. 



