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They subsisted on caribou year-round, eating dried caribou meat in the winter. The Ahiarmiut are Caribou Inuit that followed the Qamanirjuaq barren-ground caribou herd. [221] There is an Inuit saying in the Kivalliq Region: [184] The caribou feeds the wolf, but it is the wolf who keeps the caribou strong. —
Reindeer (also known as caribou) are a member of the deer family, native to the tundra, boreal forests, and mountains of the extreme frigid north. In human culture, they are a staple of northern ...
Approximate range of caribou subspecies in North America in 2003. Overlap is possible for contiguous range. 1. Rangifer tarandus caribou, which is subdivided into ecotypes: woodland (boreal), woodland (migratory) and woodland (montane), 2.
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.
Caribou hooves change with the season, becoming more padded and softer in the summer for stepping on grass and twigs, while they become much harder during the winter.
Large herds will migrate up to 400 miles between the summer and winter months. Caribou have large antlers as well as large concave hoofs. Their wide feet act as paddles when they swim.
In a stunning sequel, caribou geneticists discovered that caribou still living at the western end of the Alaskan Peninsula and nearby islands—which contains the type locality of Rangifer granti Allen 1902—are genetically distinct from, and do not interbreed with, nearby forms of caribou. Its range encompasses the type locality designated by ...
During the winter, the fur of the Peary caribou becomes thicker and whiter. In the summer it is shorter and darker. [3] The pelage of the Peary caribou is white in winter and slate-grey with white legs and underparts in summer like the barren-ground caribou in the Dolphin-Union caribou herd. The Dolphin-Union caribou are slightly darker. [6]