256 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES 



R.— Rang-ifer tarandus gpoenlandicus. 



Oervus tarandus groelandicus, Omelin, Linn's Syst. Nat. vol. i, p. 177, 



1788. 

 Eangifer groenlandicus, Baird, N. Ainer. Mainm. p. 634, 1857 ; Caton, 



Deer and Antelope of N. America, p. 105, 1877 ; Allen, Bull. 



Amcr. Mus. Nat. Hist. vol. viii, p. 234, 1896 ; Elliot, Synop. 



Mamm. N. Amer. {Field Mus. Zool. Pub. vol. ii) p. 37, 1901 ; 



Qrant, 7th Bep. New TorJc Zool. Sac. p. 5, 1902 ; Stone and 



Cram, American Animals, p. 54, 1903 ; Hollister, Smithson. 



Misc. Collect, vol. Ivi, no. 35, p. 5, 1912 ; Miller, List N. Amer. 



Mamm. p. 393, 1912. 

 Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus, Lydelcker, Deer of All Lands, p. 47, 



1898, Cheat and Small Game of Europe, etc. p. 37, 1901 ; Ward. 



Becords of Big Game, ed. 6, p. 85, 1910, ed. 7, p. 85, 1914. 



Typical locality Greenland. 



Closely allied to E. t. ardicus, with a broad sharply 

 defined white ring round each eye, and distinct broad white 

 bands above the hoofs ; skull with an elevated frontal region 

 comparable to that of R. t. rxcelsifrons, but markedly narrower. 



10. 1. 20. 1. Skull and antlers. Greenland. 



Presented Inj Sir Roherf Harvey, Bart., 1910. 



S.— Rangifer tarandus pearyi. 



Eangifer pearyi, Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. vol. xvi, p. 409, 

 1902 ; Grant, 7th Bep. Neio YorTi Zool. Soc. p. 5, 1902 ; Miller, 

 List N. Amer. Mamm. p. 393, 1912. 



Typical locality EUesmereland, Lat. 79° N. 



Type in American Museum of Natural History, New 

 York. 



Wholly white at all seasons, with the exception of a 

 large slaty grey area, larger in females than in males, on 

 the middle and hind part of the back ; the long and thick 

 coat softer and finer than in the Greenland race, which is 

 much darker. 



No specimen in collection. 



The following specimens are not racially determined : — 



•46. 4. 25. 23. Frontlet and antlers. North America. 



Purchased (Argent), 1846. 



65. 10. .34. 5 (702, x). Skull and antlers. North 



America. Presented hy A. Murray, Esq., 1865. 



