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yellowish, wearing white in places. Reindeer fawns are uniformly coloured like 
the adult. 
The various races of reindeer differ considerably from one another in respect 
of height; but the bucks of the larger American variety stand about 4| feet at the 
withers, and usually weigh some 350 lbs., although unusually fine specimens may 
reach nearly 400 lbs. In regard to the length of the antlers, it appears that fine 
examples vary from 48 to just over 57 inches, although one pair is known in which 
REINDEER (A Rat. size). 
the length reaches to upwards of 60 inches. There is great variation in regard to the 
span of antlers, and the number of points they carry; while it is not unfrequently 
the case that the longest specimens have by no means the greatest girth. 
D‘ trib t' Reindeer inhabit the northern regions of both the Eastern and 
Western Hemispheres, and English zoologists are pretty generally 
agreed that there is but a single species. In America, however, where they are 
known by the French-Canadian name caribou (a corruption of carreboeuf, literally 
“ square-ox ”), it is considered that there are either one or two species distinct 
from the Old World form. Thus, whereas Mr. Caton regards the smaller North 
