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Caribou

Caribou. Family: Cervidae Genus: Rangifer Species: R. tarandus. Description:. Height: 4 ft. tall at the shoulder. Length: 6 ft. Weight: 250-700 pounds, males are larger then females. Lifespan: 10-15 years in wild. Caribou have compact bodies, small tails, and short ears.

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Caribou

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  1. Caribou

  2. Family: Cervidae • Genus: Rangifer • Species: R. tarandus

  3. Description: • Height: 4 ft. tall at the shoulder. • Length: 6 ft. • Weight: 250-700 pounds, males are larger then females. • Lifespan: 10-15 years in wild. • Caribou have compact bodies, small tails, and short ears. • Body temperature is set at 105 degrees Farenheit. • Caribou have two layers of fur, fine-crinkly under-fur and a thick coat of guard hairs on top.

  4. Unique Adaptations: • Caribou are a member of the deer family and are adapted to cope with harsh winter conditions. • Their large concave hooves allow them to travel in deep snow conditions. • Woodland Caribou is one of the most critically endangered mammals in the U.S., with only a few found south of the Canada border a year. • Caribou are also excellent swimmers.

  5. Food: • Known to eat shrubs, grasses and willows. • They also eat lichen but it takes about 80-150 years for it to grow in the forests.

  6. Barren Ground Caribou: • Very well known throughout Alaska and Northern Canada. • There are about 950,000 in the world today.

  7. Woodland Caribou: • Been reduced to one tiny population in U.S., in far Northern Idaho and Northeastern Washington. • There known as the International Selkirk population, they are extremely rare with only about 40 left in the world. • Live in forests from Maine to Washington State, but have gone down to a small herd in the Selkirk Mountains of Northern Idaho, Eastern Washington, and British Columbia.

  8. Reproduction: • Mating Season is from early to mid October. • Gestation period is from October to early June. • They only have 1 offspring at a time.

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