All reindeer and caribou species currently fall under the same species, Rangifer tarandus, and in one of more than a dozen different subspecies. The subspecies native to North America are called ...

Caribou comes from the Miꞌkmaq language of the Northern peoples of Canada and means snow shoveler. There are 14 subspecies of Rangifer tarandus and 26 different subspecies of Odocoileus virginianus.

DESCRIPTION: Mountain caribou are the largest subspecies of caribou, with males approaching 600 pounds and females 300. Members of the deer family, caribou are distinguished by their large, splayed ...

occurring in mountains and forests across Canada as the woodland caribou subspecies. In B.C. and Alberta, woodland caribou are subdivided into three “ecotypes”: northern, boreal, and mountain ...