VARIETIES OF ASIATIC DEER 
The Bactrian wapiti (C. canadensis bactrianus) (also called C. hagenbecki ), 
has been named on the evidence of a specimen formerly living in the 
Zoological Gardens at Moscow. It was at first thought to be related to the 
shou (C. affinis ), but specimens from Chenkend, Turkestan, afterwards 
revealed wapiti -like affinities. The colour is light grey, and the dark lip 
markings distinguish it from other wapitis. In the “ Deer of All Lands ” it 
is referred to as the Bokhara deer. 
The Altai or Siberian wapiti (C. canadensis asiaticus ), also known as C. c. 
sibiricus. (Mr Lydekker considers this form would be better known as the 
Syansk wapiti, the other name no longer being sufficiently definite.) 
The type locality appears to be the Syansk and Baikal Mountains, west 
of Lake Baikal. The northern limit of their range extends, roughly 
speaking, to about latitude 55 degrees, their southern limit being about 
latitude 50 degrees, throughout the Syansk Mountains, on both sides of 
the watershed and the Upper Yenisei basin. To the west their extreme 
range coincides with the termination of the Altai proper, while to the 
east they are found in the Lake Baikal region, the Selenga and Angara 
basins. Radde wrote that this species was found up to and above tree level 
on the Syansk, Baikal, Apfel and Chingan Mountains, “frequenting the 
thickest forests and islands on the Amur, but wandering in summer as 
high up as the glacier of Munku-Sardik and over the bare peaks of the 
Syansk Mountains.” Deer found to the east of Baikalia may not belong 
to this race, but our knowledge is very imperfect. 
The coloration is similar to that of C. c. songaricus , but generally lighter. 
The horns are less stout and lighter in colour than those from the Tian 
Shan. The fourth tine inclines outwards rather than inwards, with a 
slight bend at the tip. The beam at this point curves gradually inwards 
and backwards. The backward inclination is, however, less marked than 
in the Tian Shan race. On the front surface of the upper part of the beam 
there is only one large tine, the fourth, the terminal portion of which 
forms a long-handled but short-tined fork. This fork inclines inwards from 
the line of summit of the fourth tine and also somewhat inwards from 
that of the third tine. Between the third and fourth tines there is no sharp 
inward angulation of the beam. 
The horn measurements are not so big as the former variety, 50f inches 
being the longest recorded specimen, a fifteen -pointer. Mr Miller mentions 
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