Species: Caribou (Rangifer tarandus)

Information About

Caribou

Quick Facts

Latin

Rangifer tarandus

Iñupiaq

tuttu, qunfiq

Yup'ik

angutvak (bull), arnaqatak (cow), cirunel'kayak, kanagartuli, kulavak

Tlingit

watsíx

Other Names

reindeer (domestic caribou)

Consumption

Edible

Subspecies

Grant's Caribou, Santa's Magical Reindeer

Viewing Scale

Chances of seeing Caribou in Alaska

Caribou in Detail.

About

Predators

Gray Wolf, Wolverine, Canada Lynx, Human

Habitat of Caribou in Alaska

Gallery

Pictures of Caribou.