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In a 2011 article entitled, "Northern caribou population trends in Canada", researchers listed herds/populations including 35 northern caribou herds across the Canadian Arctic. [65] Names in the following table reflect the international consensus [8] before the recent revision. [19] #
The 2017/2018 wolf population count is anticipated to reveal approximately 20 wolves present on the island. [20] The decline in the caribou population as resulting from the presence of the wolves has raised the concern that the caribou population is in danger of extirpation [19] as soon as the winter of 2017/2018. [21] [needs update]
The Peary caribou (Rangifer arcticus pearyi) is a subspecies of caribou found in the Canadian 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 ]
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 southern end of the Selkirk Mountains was home to the only extant woodland caribou population in the contiguous United States by the 2000s. [105] In the United States, the woodland caribou was one of the most critically endangered mammals, with only a few woodland caribou found south of the Canada border each year.
In Canada, the Committee on Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) defined 12 "designatable units", DU, which included the above named subspecies and several ecotypes: Peary caribou DU1, the Dolphin-Union herd of barren-ground caribou DU2, mainland barren-ground (including Alaskan) caribou DU3, Labrador caribou ("eastern migratory ...
The population of caribou within the reserve is one of the most threatened in Quebec, due to a variety of factors, such as its size, fragmentation, isolation and predation by the wolf. Although the reserve itself has an area of 434.19 km 2 (167.64 sq mi), the habitat used by the caribou extends to between 1,200 km 2 (460 sq mi) and 2,000 km 2 ...
The Porcupine caribou is a herd or ecotype of the mainland barren-ground caribou (Rangifer arcticus arcticus, syn. R. tarandus groenlandicus [1]), the subspecies of the reindeer or caribou found in Alaska, United States, and Yukon and the Northwest Territories, Canada. Migratory caribou herds are named after their calving grounds, in this case ...