Caribou
Rangifer tarandus
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 6,802
- Most observed in
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Conservation
- Vulnerable
Description
The reindeer or caribou (Rangifer tarandus) is a species of deer with circumpolar distribution, native to Arctic, subarctic, tundra, boreal, and mountainous regions of Northern Europe, Siberia, and North America. It is the only representative of the genus Rangifer. More recent studies suggest the splitting of reindeer and caribou (North American terminology).
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Reindeer”.