Mountain Caribou | Conservation Northwest
A unique ecotype of the woodland caribou subspecies (rangifer tarandus caribou), mountain caribou reside in limited numbers in interior British Columbia and western Alberta. Until recently, the South Selkirks and Purcells herds roamed into northeast Washington, northern Idaho and far northwestern Montana.
Southern Mountain Caribou Make a Comeback
2023年9月6日 · 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.
Mountain caribou conservation - Wikipedia
Mountain caribou conservation. Boreal woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) are a species of caribou and subspecies of North American reindeer. 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.
Rangifer tarandus caribou - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Overview. There are four extant recognized subspecies of caribou in North America, of which woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) is the southernmost, having historically ranged throughout most of southern Canada and portions of the United States. Currently, southern mountain caribou are the only population with the potential to occur in ...
A Photographer’s Quest to Document the Last of the Rainforest Caribou
2018年12月12日 · The mountain caribou are unique among other species of woodland caribou, of which they're considered a subspecies. In the winter, they migrate to high alpine peaks, essentially...
Out of Time? - National Wildlife Federation
2017年10月19日 · 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.
ECOS: Species Profile - FWS
2023年10月23日 · Southern mountain caribou are located in steep, mountainous terrain west of the continental divide in the inland temperate rainforest ecosystem, which extends from east-central British Columbia to the inland northwestern United States and is characterized by the presence of arboreal lichens and deep winter snowpack.
Mountain caribou - Biological Diversity
SAVING THE MOUNTAIN CARIBOU. 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.
About Mountain Caribou - Storying Extinction
The decline and extirpation of Idaho’s mountain caribou is fundamentally a spatial or spatiotemporal issue. Think about it this way: mountain caribou hacked the concept of winter range as used by large herbivores and their predators.
SAVING THE MOUNTAIN CARIBOU - biologicaldiversity.org
SAVING THE MOUNTAIN CARIBOU. 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.