CHAPTER XIV 



RANGE OF THE ELK IN EUROPE AND ASIA' 



On the north the elk's range in Asia and Europe 

 is bounded practically by the timber line. The 

 animals are found in a limited area in the eastern- 

 most extremity of Siberia, near Bering Strait, 

 but are lacking in Kamchatka, and on the broad 

 tundra farther north. They are abundant in 

 the Lena valley, and are found in the valleys of 

 other rivers which flow into the Arctic Ocean, their 

 range on the Lena and at several other Siberian 

 points extending north of the Arctic Circle. 



At the Ural range, where Asiatic and European 

 Russia meet, the northern limit of the elk's range 

 is at about the 63d parallel of latitude. Thence 

 westward the line crosses Russia and Finland near 

 the 62d and 63 d parallels. A few elk also are 

 said to be found in southern Lapland, beyond the 

 Arctic Circle. In the Scandinavian Peninsula 

 their northern limit is at about 66° 30'. 



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