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Exceptionally large bulls have weighed as much as 318 kg (701 lb). [147] Weight varies drastically between the seasons, with bulls losing as much as 40% of their pre-rut weight. [148] The shoulder height is usually 85 to 150 cm (33 to 59 in), and the tail is 14 to 20 cm (5.5 to 7.9 in) long. The reindeer from Svalbard are the smallest of all.
[2] [3] The barren-ground caribou is a medium-sized caribou, smaller and lighter-colored [4] than the boreal woodland caribou, with the females weighing around 90 kg (200 lb) and the males around 150 kg (330 lb). However, on some of the smaller islands, the average weight may be less.
The Peary caribou (Rangifer arcticus pearyi) is a subspecies of caribou found in the High Arctic islands of Nunavut and the Northwest Territories in Canada. They are the smallest of the North American caribou, with the females weighing an average of 60 kg (130 lb) and the males 110 kg (240 lb). [3]
Russia was home to more than 5 million caribou in the late 1800s. By the 1960s, that number dropped to 250,000 but recovered slightly in the 1990s. Economic and social changes in Russia are listed ...
Caribou are found in North America and are native to Alaska. They are wild animals that travel in herds throughout Alaska and Canada. To find enough food, they have to keep moving. Large herds ...
A healthy caribou population reflects a healthy boreal ecology. By safeguarding its environment, we can not only save this species and a slew of others, but we can also do our part to combat ...
Mature male carabaos weigh 420–500 kg (930–1,100 lb), and females 400–425 kg (882–937 lb). Height at withers of the male ranges from 127 to 137 cm (50 to 54 in), and of the female from 124 to 129 cm (49 to 51 in). [10] Carabaos prefer to wallow in a mudhole that they make with the horns.
An adult male R. t. terranovae can weigh up to 270 kilograms (600 lb) and females are about a quarter smaller. The caribou is much smaller than the moose. [93]