* 
145 
Fam. CERVID^ 
Sub-fam. ALCINJS.. 
Genus Alces, C. H. Smith. 
477. A. MACHLis, Ogilby (F. Cuv., Mamm. Lithog. II, 
98, 99). 
Syn. Cervus alces, Lin. 
Alces palmatus, Gray. 
(True Elk or Moose.) 
Hab. Sub- arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and 
America. 
A. Skull of Scandinavian male, 3 years old ; 
and B. First horn of the young animal. C. 
The four feet, one fore-foot and one hind-foot 
skeletonized. Presented by the Christiania 
University, in 1846 {J. A. S. XV, Proc, XI, 
January 1846). 
Sub-fam. CERVINE, 
Genus Tarandus, Pliny. 
478. T. RANGIFER (BulFon, H. N. XII, t. 10, 11, 12; F. 
Cuv., Mamm. Lithog. II, 100. 
Syn. Cervus rangifer, Kay. 
C. tarandus, L. 
C. coronatus, Geoffroy. 
C. flatyrhynchus, Vrolik. 
(The Rein Deer or Caribou.^ 
Hab. Arctic and sub-arctic regions of Europe, 
Asia, and America ( Vide J. A. S. XXIX, 376, 
XXXI, 153). 
A. Skull : and B. Stuffed head, with horns. 
C. The four feet, from the same Scandinavian 
individual. Presented by the Christiania 
University, in 1846* (J". A, S. XY, Proc, X, 
January 1846). 
Genus Cervus, L. (as restricted.) 
* The stuffed skin, noticed in J. A. S. XVIII, 87, with that of an Algerian 
Lion received at the same time, gradually perished during successive rainy 
seasons, from having been prepared with deliquescent common salt, which I 
could not succeed in extracting sufficiently. 
T 
