CARIBOU, Antlered Animal By: Silvana Padilla 4B CARIBOU Antlered Animal Silvana Padilla 4B Scientific Name Caribous scientific name is Rangifer Tarandus Caribou. TYPES OF CARIBOU Peary Caribou Barren Ground Caribou. Woodland or Mountain Caribou. ENDANGERED OF EXTINCTION Caribou are extinct because human hunt them. WHAT DOES CARIBOU EATS? Caribou eat moss and lichen, that means it is a herbivore animal. MossLichen GROUPS THEY LIVE IN Caribous live in groups called Herds. MAMMAL Caribou is a mammal, that means they nurse from their mother. HEIGHT 1.2 to 1.5 metters at the shoulder. WEIGHT 109 to 318 kilograms. BODY COVERING Its hair is short, brown and not thick. FEET It has long feet and hooves. COLOR Grey and brown with white in neck and back areas. TEETH They have strong teeth to take out moss from the trees. EARS They have long ears. EYES Their eyes let them see everywhere except their back. NOSE They have a very large nose. HORNS Their horns let them fight for their food. TAIL They have a short tail. HABITAT ECOSYSTEM Caribou are found in Tundra ecosysytem of Alaska, Canada, Greenland and North America. Tundra is a very cold biome with a lot of trees. PHYSICAL ADAPTATIONS Their circulatory system let them survive on a extreme temperature in the north. Their hooves are large to dig the snow. It has two skins that cover their body. Their nose let them smell the moss and lichen that is under the snow. PREYS AND PREDATORS FOOD THEY EATWHO EATS THEM Bears Wolves Mushrooms LichenMoss HOW IS CALLED THE BABY? The babies are called Fawn. GESTATION PERIOD 7 and a half months HOW DO BABIES FEED The mother caribou nurses the fawn until it can eat solid food. HOW LONG DO BABIES STAY WITH THEIR PARENTS 6 weeks until they learn to walk. HOW ARE THEY BORN Moms give birth to live youngs. BEHAVIORAL ADAPTATIONS km (800 miles)in a year. MIGRATION Caribous migrate mainly to find food. The land animal that migrates the largest is the caribou. Caribou are hunted for people. BIBLIOGRAPHIES es.wikipedia.org Library.thinquest.org