BOVIDA, — CXCVII. 339 
Largest of our Cervide and one of the noblest of animals, reaching 
the size of a horse. Maine and N. B. to Wash. and N.; becoming 
rare; close to the European Elk, A. alces (L.). 
591. RANGIFER Hamilton Smith. (Old name.) 
1122. R. caribou (Gmelin). AMERICAN REINDEER. Woop- 
LAND CariBou. Brownish, grayer in winter. N.S. to L. Su- 
perior and N. The Barren Ground Caribou, subspec. arcticus (Rich- 
ardson), is smaller and confined to the treeless Arctic regions. The 
species is allied to the European Reindeer, R. tarandus (L.). 
(Caribou, the French name.) 
Famity CXCVI. ANTILOCAPRIDA. (THE Pronc-sucks.) 
This group contains a single species, intermediate between the 
Cervide and the Bovide. With the general characters of the 
latter, its horns are deciduous and branched, as in the deer. Horns 
erect, compressed at base with a short branch or flattened process 
in front, the end conical, recurved; nose hairy at tip except along 
median line ; tail very short; no false hoofs. One species, a singu- 
lar, antelope-like animal of the Rocky Mountain region: 
592. ANTILOCAPRA Ord. (Antilope-+ Capra.) 
1123. A. americana (Ord). Prone-Horn. CABREE. Rocky 
Mountain “ANTELOPE.” Yellowish brown, marked with brown 
and white. L. about 5 feet. T.7inches. Height 3 feet. Dak. 
to Tex. and W., formerly very abundant. 
Famity CXCVII BOVIDAi. (Tue CatTtTie.) 
Ruminants with the horns, if present, simple, hollow, permanent, 
each enclosing a process of the frontal bone. Teeth i. 2; ¢. 2; 
m.$-§ = 32, Genera about 45 ; species 100 or more, in habiting warm 
regions, and most abundant in the Old World. The ox (Bos tau- 
rus L.), the sheep (Ovis aries), and the goat (Capra hircus) are 
familiar members of the family. The Bighorn, Ovis canadensis 
Shaw, occurs to the westward of our limits, as also the Rocky 
Mountain Goat, Oreamnos montanus (Ord). 
a. Nose naked at tip and very broad; horns curved, the base directed out- 
wards; hoofs broad; tail long; forehead broader than long. (Bovine.) 
b. Body highest at shoulders ; anterior parts with a long, shaggy mane. 
Bison, 593. 
593. BISON Hamilton Smith. (Lat., a wild ox or buffalo.) 
1124. B. bison (L.). Burrato. Bison. Brown; the snout, 
hoofs, horns, etc., black. U.S. generally; formerly very abundant, 
but now extinct, except a small herd in the Yellowstone region. 
