There are nearly 2.5 million caribou in Canada.
They are unusual among deer family members in the females, as well as males, carry antlers They will sometimes run for many kilometres during the summer to escape harassment by hordes of flying insects. Caribou use lichens as a primary winter food, which enables it to survive on harsh northern range land. They probably derived their name from the Mi’kmaq word "xalibu," meaning "the one who paws".
About half of all caribou in Canada are barren-ground caribou. They are somewhat smaller and lighter coloured than woodland caribou. They spend much or all of the year on the tundra from Alaska to Baffin Island. Most, or about 1.2 million, of the barren-ground caribou in Canada live in eight large migratory herds, which migrate seasonally from the tundra to the taiga, sparsely treed coniferous forests south of the tundra. In order, from Alaska to Hudson Bay, these are the Porcupine herd, Cape Bathurst herd, Bluenose West herd, Bluenose East herd, Bathurst herd, Ahiak herd, Beverly herd, and Qamanirjuaq herd.
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