Caribou (Rangifer tarandus)
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About Caribou (Rangifer tarandus)
- Kingdom: Animals
- Phylum: Chordates
- Class: Mammals
- Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetacean
- Family: Cervidae
The reindeer or caribou is a species of deer with circumpolar distribution, native to Arctic, subarctic, tundra, boreal, and mountainous regions of Northern Europe, Siberia, and North America. It is the only representative of the genus Rangifer. More recent studies suggest the splitting of reindeer and caribou into six distinct species over their range.
Source: Wikipedia
Visits
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2000-06-15
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, United States of AmericaSeen daily in small groups at the beginning, but gradually growing to a group of about 10,000 in the 1002 area. Another group of about 1000 visited the airstrip. -
2010-05-29
Saint George Island, United States of America -
2015-03-20
Van Mijenfjorden, Svalbard
