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ANIMAL INFORMATION: Please note, this part of mongabay has been updated |
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CaribouEducational resources on CaribouCaribou or Rangifer tarandus is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Least Concern . IUCN Profile of the Caribou Arctic Wildlife - Arctic Studies Center Caribou & Reindeer Rangifer tarandus. Reindeer and Caribou look different, but they probably are the same species. Caribou are large, wild, elk-like animals which can be found www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/html/caribou_reindeer.html ADW: Rangifer tarandus: Information Caribou have a nearly circumpolar distribution. The woodland subspecies of caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) can be found as far south as 46o north latitude, while other animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Rangifer_tarandus.html Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Caribou in the Arctic Refuge Caribou are the most numerous large mammals in the Arctic Refuge. Two herds occur there: the Porcupine Herd (named afer the Porcupine River) and the arcticcircle.uconn.edu/ANWR/anwrcaribou.html Caribou There are five different kinds of caribou: the barren-ground, the woodland, the prairies, the grant caribou and the European, which when domesticated are known www.ucls.uchicago.edu/students/projects/1996-97/Hillocks96/caribou.html Caribou Common Name: Caribou Classification: Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Cervidae Genus: Rangifer Species: tarandus www.ben.edu/museum/caribou.asp Caribou: Arctic Lifeline Caribou: Arctic Lifeline. Caribou are superbly adapted to the Arctic where they are the most common large grazing animal. As such they sustain the economy and culture of northern forces.si.edu/arctic/02_04_00.html Caribou University College Community Course Site Caribou. Caribou ITV 75 Bennett Drive (mailing address: 75 Bennett Drive ) Caribou, ME 04736 . Site Contact: Karen Rockwell www.learn.maine.edu/sites/caribou.htm Caribou National Forest History In the settlement of the west, gold fever played an important role. A vision of the mother lode could send a man searching and dreaming for years. imnh.isu.edu/digitalatlas/geog/forestry/caribou.htm Caribou County 53 E First S SODA SPRINGS ID 83276 Phone: (208)547-3205 email: caribou@uidaho.edu. County Profile from the State of Idaho Department of Commerce www.extension.uidaho.edu/district4/caribou.htm UAF Newsroom: Reindeer … Caribou … What’s the Difference? Reindeer … Caribou … What’s the Difference? Although the similarities between reindeer and caribou are numerous, the differences are enough that they are classified as two www.uaf.edu/news/featured/04/reindeer/difference.html
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