l88 MAMMALIA. 



/. Skull $ Upton, Maine, U. S. A. W. Theobald, 1868. 



g. Skin, skull ^Spirit Lake, Ont., J. H. Gamier [Ex.] 



11-12-84. 

 h. Skin, skull $ Spirit Lake, Ont., J. H. Gamier [Ex.] 



31-10-84. 



Genus RANGIFER. 



Rangifer, H. Smith, Griffith An. Kingd., v, p. 304 (1827) [as a sub-genus]. 

 Tarandus, Ogilby P. Z. S., p. 134 (1836). 



Rangifer tarandus. 



Cervus tarandus, Linnmus Syst. Nat., 12th ed., i p. 93 (1766). 

 Cervus (Rangifer) tarandus, H. Smith Griffith, An. Kingd., iv., p. 79 (1827). 

 Tarandus rangifer, Ogilby P. Z.S., p. 134(1836); Blyth Cat., p. 145. 

 Rangifer tarandus, Gray List Mamm. B. M., p. 181 (1843); Brooke P.Z.S., 



1878, p. 928. 

 Rangifer caribou et groenlandicus, Baird N. Amer. Mamm., p. 633 (1857)*. 



Distriluiion. — Circumpolar, i.e.. Northern Europe, Asia and 

 America. 



Genus TRAGULUS. 



Tragulus, Pallas Spic. Zool. xiii, p. 27 (1778). 

 Meminna, Gray Ann. Philcs. xvi (1825)*. 



There has been a great deal of confusion in the syhonymy of 

 this genus; Milne Edwards published in 1864 a monograph 

 on the subject and first elucidated matters. Besides T. mem- 

 minna, which is quite distinct, there seem to be two well-marked 

 forms and several varieties which are doubtfully worthy of specific 

 distinction; the typical T. napu is of a grayish tinge and has 

 two varieties, one unnamed, reddish with a strongly marked 

 nuchal stripe, the other called T. stanleyanus of Gray, a still 

 brighter red without any trace of the nuchal stripe ; of the 

 smaller forms, the one best known is T. kanchil, the other T. 

 javanicus, is said to be distinguishable from T. kanchil, but is 

 apparently confined to the island of Java and there is no representa- 

 tive of it in the Museum. 



Key of the IndiaT^ Species. 



a. Body spotted . . . T. memminna, p. 1 89. 



a^. Body not spotted 



b. Larger, tarsus and hind-foot, 5-8 inches, with 5 white 

 throat stripes ... T. napu, p. 190. 



