| When Caribou decide to migrate they
sometimes walk fifty miles a day. |
| Hunters kill about 950,000 caribou a year
in Alaska. |
| Male and females have blunt muzzles. |
| Their whole body is covered in hair. |
| Caribou are capable of sleeping in water. |
| They are herd animals. |
| Caribou are grayish brown and have a white
neck and rear area. |
| Range in size from about four to five feet
and weigh about 500lbs. |
| Both male and female caribou grow about
3ft. antlers. |
| The world population of caribou is about
five million. |
| In Europe all caribou are called deer. |
There are seven subspecies of caribou. They
are:
Barren ground (Mostly found in Tundra),
Sualbard,
European, Finnish Forest Reindeer, Greenland,
Woodland, and Peary. |
