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References. Caribou herds and populations in Canada. Appearance. Caribou herds in Canada are discrete populations of seven subspecies that are represented in Canada. Caribou can be found from the High Arctic region south to the boreal forest and Rocky Mountains and from the east to the west coasts. [ 1 ] Arctic peoples, including the Caribou ...
Torngat Mountains National Park. Torngat Mountains National Park (Inuktitut: Tongait KakKasuangita SilakKijapvinga) [2] is a Canadian national park located on the Quebec-Labrador Peninsula in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The park encompasses 9,700 km 2 (3,700 sq mi; 2,400,000 acres) of mountainous terrain between Northern Quebec ...
The migratory woodland caribou refers to two herds of Rangifer tarandus (known as caribou in North America) that are included in the migratory woodland ecotype of the subspecies Rangifer tarandus caribou or woodland caribou [1] [2] that live in Nunavik, Quebec, and Labrador: the Leaf River caribou herd (LRCH) [3] [4] and the George River caribou herd (GRCH) south of Ungava Bay.
The boreal woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou; but subject to a recent taxonomic revision.See Reindeer: Taxonomy), also known as Eastern woodland caribou, boreal forest caribou and forest-dwelling caribou, is a North American subspecies of reindeer (or caribou in North America) found primarily in Canada with small populations in the United States.
Mountain caribou conservation. Boreal woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) are a species of caribou and subspecies of North American reindeer. Boreal woodland caribou are also known as southern mountain caribou, woodland caribou, and forest-dwelling caribou. Mountain caribou are uniquely adapted to live in old-growth forests.
Newfoundland and Labrador is the most easterly province in Canada, situated in the northeastern region of North America. [16] The Strait of Belle Isle separates the province into two geographical parts: Labrador, connected to mainland Canada, and Newfoundland, an island in the Atlantic Ocean. [17]
R. t. pearyi. The barren-ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus; but subject to a recent taxonomic revision) is a subspecies of the reindeer (or the caribou in North America) that is found in the Canadian territories of Nunavut and the Northwest Territories, in northern Alaska and in south-western Greenland.
1 Original migratory woodland caribou article concerned only two herds of caribou in Northern Quebec and Labrador 1 comment 2 Problems with taxonomy in the research community: George River herd, behaves like subspecies Barren-ground R. t. groenlandicus but is subspecies Woodland caribou Rangifer tarandus caribou (1961)