A Caribou can be anywhere from 130 to 660 pounds. In different breeds either the male or the female is bigger and heavier. They are three to four feet tall.
twice the size of an average elaphant
Yes. They are smaller than the bull caribou's antlers.
Well over a million in N. America alone.
A moose is a large animal, about the same size as a horse. Moose feed on aquatic life in ponds, so they have long necks with a scruffy beard that hangs from the front of the neck (on both male and female) moose. Moose are usually a dark brown color. Male moose have small antlers that eventually grow in paddle shapes. These paddles can grow to be over 50 inches wide. Moose antlers fall off before winter, and female moose don't have antlers. Caribou are somewhere in size between deer and elk. Large caribou tend to be about the size of elk, while young caribou are barely bigger than deer. Caribou are light brown, with white patches on their necks and buttocks. Male and female caribou both grow small antlers when they are young. Older male caribou grow very large, high antlers with a lot of branches. Older female caribou grow modest antlers.
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The address of the Caribou Public Library is: 30 High Street, Caribou, 04736 2796
The address of the Caribou Historical Society is: Po Box 861, Caribou, ME 04736-0861
Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) is the North American name, this animal as known as reindeer the Arctic.
North American reindeer are commonly called caribou. Reindeer belongs to the family Cervidae of the order Artiodactyla and are classified as Rangifer tarandus.
Reindeer and Caribou