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Caribou

Rangifer tarandus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 2,692, February 1,988, March 3,115, April 4,901, May 7,067, June 7,706, July 8,246, August 7,091, September 5,206, October 3,886, November 2,124, December 1,660.
United States55,816
Canada8,608
Alaska1,916
Quebec623
Norway557
Ontario528
British Columbia495
Troms og Finnmark389
Yukon375
Sweden327

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Dietary

  • HerbivoreFeeds primarily on plantsFrom its classification

Physical

  • HornedHas prominent horns or antlersFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderEven-toed Ungulates and Cetaceans · Artiodactyla
FamilyDeer · Cervidae
GenusCaribous/Reindeers · Rangifer

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