SYNOPSIS OF THE 



pears also that there is a fossil var. or species not as yet 

 clearly established. 



Syn. Alces, Plin. Aldrov. Gesner. Cervus Alces, Auctor. 

 Elan, Buff., C. and F. Cuv. Orignal, Chartevoix. Moose- 

 Deer, Dudley, 8;c. Elend and Elch of the Germans. Los 

 of the Sclavonic Nations. Bulan of the Tartaric. Elk of \ 

 the British. Moose of North Americans, and Algonquins, 

 Mongsoo of the Cree Indians. Kistu of the Cluches, and 

 Moluck of the Columbia River Indians. 



Icon. Fred. Cuvier, Mam. Lithog. Nobis, from the 

 life. 



Inhabits a zone south of the arctic, from the sixty-fifth 

 to the thirty-fifth degrees of north latitude, on both con- 

 tinents. 



772. 2. * C. Coronatus (Crowned Elk.) Known only from 

 a pair of horns about one foot long, with seven processes 

 on each ; described by Baron Cuvier as belonging to the 

 following; but perhaps an intermediate animal between 

 the two sub-genera. They are in the Paris Museum. 



Syn. C. Coronatus, Geoff. Cerf Couronni, F. Cuvier, 

 Schreb. 



Icon. Nobis, G. Cuv. Oss. Fossils. 



Inhabits 



Sub-genus II — Rangifer. Horns in both sexes; pal- 

 mated or pointed at brow, and bezantlers, and at top; inci- 

 pient muzzle ; canines in both sexes. 



773.3. 7am?2(iM5 (the Rein-deer.) Horns varying greatly, 

 but in complete adults with a palm on the brow and be- 

 zantler ; the beam forming a concave bend, terminated with 

 a third palm, or with snags ; smaller in the females ; the 



