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The Capreolinae includes caribou deer (reindeer), whitetail deer, roe deer, and moose. As such, they are two different species within the same subfamily: whitetail deer ( Odocoileus virginianus ...
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 ...
The reindeer or caribou [a] (Rangifer tarandus) [5] is a species of deer with circumpolar distribution, native to Arctic, subarctic, tundra, boreal, and mountainous regions of Northern Europe, Siberia, and North America. [2] It is the only representative of the genus Rangifer. More recent studies suggest the splitting of reindeer and caribou ...
In North America, caribou also move up north in their migration. Barren-ground caribou make a particularly long journey throughout the Yukon Territory until they reach the coasts of Alaska, where ...
For many years it was believed that the geography of the peninsula would prevent migrating caribou from mingling with domesticated reindeer who might otherwise join caribou herds when they left an area. [34] [35] In 1997, the domesticated reindeer joined the Western Arctic caribou herd on their summer migration and disappeared. [36]
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.
Reindeer, or caribou, are members of the deer family Cervidae.Deer, elk, moose, and wapiti are also members of this family. The distinction between reindeer and caribou depends on where they live.
Rangifer tarandus caribou, a member of the woodland ecotype. Tundra reindeer and woodland reindeer are two ecotypes of reindeer. The first migrate (travelling 5,000 km) annually between the two environments in large numbers whereas the other (who are much fewer) remain in the forest for the summer. [45]