. The Canadian naturalist and geologist. Natural history -- Periodicals. Reindeer.—Barren Ground Caribou* 71 ARTICLE VIII.— Th& Northern Reindeer, or Barren Ground Caribou^ ( Tarandus arcticus.) GENUS TARANDUS. Dental Formula. Incisive I; Canine i-^; Molar ^—34. Horns in both sexes, Canine teeth in both sexes, muzzle small, horns slender, smooth, palmated, lachrymal sinus. Tarandus arcticus, (Richardson.) Smaller than the common deer, Cervus virginianus, general colour dove brown in summer, whitish in winter. Inhabits the " Barren grounds" and Arctic regions of North He
. The Canadian naturalist and geologist. Natural history -- Periodicals. Reindeer.—Barren Ground Caribou* 71 ARTICLE VIII.— Th& Northern Reindeer, or Barren Ground Caribou^ ( Tarandus arcticus.) GENUS TARANDUS. Dental Formula. Incisive I; Canine i-^; Molar ^—34. Horns in both sexes, Canine teeth in both sexes, muzzle small, horns slender, smooth, palmated, lachrymal sinus. Tarandus arcticus, (Richardson.) Smaller than the common deer, Cervus virginianus, general colour dove brown in summer, whitish in winter. Inhabits the " Barren grounds" and Arctic regions of North Head of Tarandus arcticus,—Front view. There are two species of Reindeer, commonly called Caribou, in North America, confined in their geographical distribution to the eastern and northern portions of the continent. One of these, the subject of the present Note.—The Reindeer have eight incisors or front teeth in the lower jaw, and twelve molar or grinding teeth, six on each side. In the upper jaw they have no incisors, but two small canine teeth and twelve molars, six of the latter and one of the former on each side. The above figures represent the numbers, the upper row standing in the place of the upper jaw, and the lower row the lower jaw. " Tara7idtis,'' a Reindeer ; Arcticus, latin ; " ; In the Natural His- tory of New York this animal is called Rangifer tarandus; in Audubon and Bachman's Quadrupeds of North America, Rangifer Cariboic ; by many authors, Cervus tarandus ; by the Cree Indians, Attehk; by the Chippewyans, Etthin ; Esquimaux, Tooktoo ; Greenlanders, Tukta i French Canadians, Carre-b(Buf ov CariboUf literally a " square oxP. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Natural History Society of Montreal. Montreal, Dawson
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