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  2. Porcupine caribou - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Discover the Decline: Why Reindeer Populations Are ... - AOL

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    The largest herd in North America is known as the Porcupine Caribou herd, with a population of over 200,000 reindeer recorded since 2017. Although other herds have seen a decline in their numbers ...

  4. Barren-ground caribou - Wikipedia

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    It includes the Porcupine caribou of Yukon and Alaska. [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.

  5. Reindeer distribution - Wikipedia

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    Male Porcupine caribou (R. t. groenlandicus) in Alaska, 2005 or earlier. The Porcupine caribou herd is transnational and migratory. The herd is named after their birthing grounds, for example, the Porcupine River, which runs through a large part of the range of the Porcupine herd. Individual herds of migratory caribou once had over a million ...

  6. Reindeer vs. Caribou: What's the Difference? - AOL

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    Both caribou and reindeer have the same scientific name, Rangifer tarandus, and are of the same species. The key thing that differentiates reindeer from caribou is the fact that a reindeer is ...

  7. Discover the Epic Journey of Reindeer: From Tundras to Forests

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    Domesticated reindeer, or caribou, can be found on ranches and farms across North America and Northern Europe and Asia. However, most of the reindeer population lives in the wild.

  8. Caribou herds and populations in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Caribou herd ranges. Porcupine caribou's 1,500 miles (2,400 km) annual land migration between their winter range in the boreal forests of Alaska and northwest Canada over the mountains to the coastal plain and their calving grounds on the Beaufort Sea coastal plain, [45] is the longest of any land mammal on earth. In 2019, the herd size was ...

  9. Arctic National Wildlife Refuge - Wikipedia

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    Migratory caribou herds are named after their birthing grounds, in this case the Porcupine River, which runs through a large part of the range of the Porcupine herd. [38] [39] In 2001, some biologists feared development in the Refuge would "push caribou into the foothills, where calves would be more prone to predation."