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 ...

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, called reindeer in Europe, are members of the deer family. "The species is iconic," says Dr. Marco Musiani, PhD, a professor at the University of Bologna and an adjunct professor at UCalgary.

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 ...