REINDEER OR CARIBOU 3 



reindeer (7?. tarmidus caribou) of the forest districts of Arctic America, 

 distinguished by its large bodily size and the short, much-palmated 

 antlers ; (4) the Newfoundland reindeer (7?. tarandus tcrrcB-novcE), 



Side view of Antlers of Male Banen-Groiind Reindeer. From a specimen in the British Museum. 



which is closely allied to the last, but with even more complex antlers 

 and some differences in coloration ; (5) the Greenland reindeer [R. 

 tarandus grcenlandicus), which is apparently very similar to the sixth 

 variety ; and (6) the barren-ground reindeer {R. tarandus arcticus), 

 from the open country north of the forests in America, a very distinct 



