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barren-ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus granti) | ||||
subject | fact |
barren-ground caribou | always return to the same calving grounds | |
has population about 2 million | ||
has scientific name Rangifer tarandus granti | ||
is a kind of caribou | ||
mate has breeding season late October and early November | ||
weighs 145 kg (bulls) and 90 kg (cows) | ||
caribou | can swim | |
eats lichen, flowers, grasses, leaves of shrubs | ||
has good sense of smell | ||
has picture | ||
is eaten by wolf, human, | ||
lives in a herd | ||
migrates | ||
deer | chews its cud | |
cloven-hoofed mammal | has Order name Order Artiodactyla | |
mammal | is warm-blooded | |
may catch rabies |
Kinds of barren-ground caribou :
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