Boreal woodland caribou are also known as southern mountain caribou, woodland caribou, and forest-dwelling caribou. Mountain caribou are uniquely adapted to live in old-growth forests. The mountain caribou diet consists of tree-dwelling lichens predominantly.

Mountain caribou are considered one of the most endangered large mammals in North America. Loss of old-growth habitat to logging and other development have removed old growth and reduced caribou numbers to roughly 1,900 animals across North America.

Southern mountain caribou are a medium-sized member of the deer family that have large hooves, broad muzzles, and distinct antlers that both sexes develop annually. The average lifespan for caribou is eight to ten years.

Sep 6, 2023 · For 2 million years, caribou have roamed the Circumpolar North, which stretches to just south of the Canadian border in the Selkirk Mountains, encompassing portions of Washington, Idaho and Montana. There are a variety of subspecies of caribou, each with its own habitat preference.

Woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou), a subspecies of caribou, occur across the boreal regions of North America and are comprised of eight recognized populations. Most of the global population of woodland caribou occurs in the boreal forests of Canada.

Oct 19, 2017 · A mountain caribou in British Columbia reaches for a cluster of tree lichen (above, right), its only food through harsh winters. The felling of old-growth trees that provide the lichen has altered the forest ecosystem, attracting other herbivores—and predators.

The mountain reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus), also called the Norwegian reindeer, northern reindeer, common reindeer or mountain caribou, is a mid-sized to large subspecies of the reindeer that is native to the western Scandinavian Peninsula, particularly Norway.

With heavily muscled bodies, skinny legs, and strong hooves that balloon to the size of dinner plates come winter, mountain caribou — the "mountain ecotype" of the woodland caribou — are well adapted for life in their snow-covered home.

Nov 4, 2024 · In the heart of the Klinse-za (Twin Sisters) mountains, located in the northern foothills of the Rocky Mountains of northeast British Columbia, an extraordinary story is unfolding — one where mountain caribou are making a comeback, and young people are reconnecting to their ancestral roots.

Mountain caribou live in areas where the snow is too deep to dig through and eat the tree lichen of old forest growth for eight months a year. Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) reside in some of the most severe environmental conditions in the world.