. Catalogue of the mammals of western Europe (Europe exclusive of Russia) in the collection of the British Museum. 9S0 UNGULATA KEY TO THE EUROPEAN SPECIES OF RANGIFER. Size small, upper length of skull less than 225 mm. (Spitzbergen) R. platyrhynchus, p. 985. Size large, upper length of skull about 270- 300 mm. Upper length of skuU in adult male 270- 290 mm.; upper tooth-row about 95 mm. (treeless alpine portions of Norway and formerly of Sweden, now rare except in captivity) R. tarandus,^. 980. Upper length of skull in adult male about 300 mm.; upper tooth-row about 85 mm. (wooded portions o
. Catalogue of the mammals of western Europe (Europe exclusive of Russia) in the collection of the British Museum. 9S0 UNGULATA KEY TO THE EUROPEAN SPECIES OF RANGIFER. Size small, upper length of skull less than 225 mm. (Spitzbergen) R. platyrhynchus, p. 985. Size large, upper length of skull about 270- 300 mm. Upper length of skuU in adult male 270- 290 mm.; upper tooth-row about 95 mm. (treeless alpine portions of Norway and formerly of Sweden, now rare except in captivity) R. tarandus,^. 980. Upper length of skull in adult male about 300 mm.; upper tooth-row about 85 mm. (wooded portions of northern Fiim^land and formerly of northern Sweden} R. fennicus, p. 981. RANGIFER TARANDUS Linmeus. 1758. \Ce)'vus] tarandus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., i, 10th ed., p. 67. 1789. [Cervus tarandus] a rangifer Gmelin, Syst. Nat., i, 13th ed., p. 177. 1827. Tarandus lapj}onu7n Billberg, Synopsis Faunae Scandinaviee, i, p. 22 (Renaming of C. tarandus). 1842. Tarandus borealis Rii^jpeU, Museum Senckenbergianum, iii, p, 183 (Renaming of C. tarandus).. Fio. 210. Rangifer 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 British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology. [Mammals]; Miller, Gerrit Smith. London : BMNH
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