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- Peary_caribou abstract "The Peary caribou (Rangifer tarandus pearyi) is a caribou subspecies found in the high Arctic islands of Canada's Nunavut and Northwest territories. They are the smallest of the North American caribou, with the females weighing an average of 60 kilograms (130 lb) and the males 110 kilograms (240 lb). In length the females average 1.4 m (4.6 ft) and the males 1.7 m (5.6 ft).Like other reindeer, both the males and females have antlers. The males grow their antlers from March to August and the females from June to September, and in both cases the velvet is gone by October. The coat of the caribou is white and thick in the winter. In the summer it becomes short and darker, almost slate-grey in colour. The coat is made up of hollow hair which helps to trap warmer air and insulate the caribou.The males become sexually mature after two years and the females after three years. Breeding is in the fall and depends on the female having built up sufficient fat reserves. The gestation period last for 7 to 8 months and one calf is produced.Peary caribou feed on most of the available grasses, Cyperaceae (sedges), lichen and mushrooms. In particular they seem to enjoy the purple saxifrage and in summer their muzzles become purple from the plants. Their hooves are sharp and shaped like a shovel to enable them to dig through the snow in search of food.The caribou rarely travel more than 150 km (93 mi) from their winter feeding grounds to the summer ones. They are able to outrun the Arctic wolf, their main predator, and are good swimmers. They usually travel in small groups of no more than twelve in the summer and four in the winter.The Peary caribou population has dropped from above 40,000 in 1961 to about 700 in 2009. During this period, the number of days with above freezing temperatures has increased significantly, resulting in ice layers in the snow pack. These ice layers hinder foraging and are the likely cause for dramatic drops in caribou population in the future.The Peary caribou, called tuktu in Inuinnaqtun/Inuktitut, and written as ᕐᑯᑦᓯᑦᑐᒥ ᑐᒃᑐ in Inuktitut syllabics, is a major food source for the Inuit and was named after Robert Peary.".
- Peary_caribou class Mammal.
- Peary_caribou class Theria.
- Peary_caribou family Deer.
- Peary_caribou genus Reindeer.
- Peary_caribou kingdom Animal.
- Peary_caribou order Even-toed_ungulate.
- Peary_caribou phylum Chordate.
- Peary_caribou species Reindeer.
- Peary_caribou thumbnail Mech_06.jpg?width=300.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageExternalLink Peary%20Caribou.pdf.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageExternalLink population-size-of-peary-caribou-in-the-canadian-arctic-islands.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageExternalLink 8094036.stm.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageExternalLink sr_peary_caribou_e.pdf.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageExternalLink species_at_risk_in_the_nwt_2012_eng.pdf.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageExternalLink NatureServe?searchName=Rangifer+tarandus+pearyi.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageExternalLink pearycaribou.htm.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageID "5599368".
- Peary_caribou wikiPageLength "11725".
- Peary_caribou wikiPageOutDegree "58".
- Peary_caribou wikiPageRevisionID "669775678".
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Animal.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Antler.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Arctic.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Arctic_wolf.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Artiodactyla.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Aulavik_National_Park.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Banks_Island.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Barren-ground_caribou.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Boreal_woodland_caribou.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Canada.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Canoe.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Caribou.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Caribou_(North_America).
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Category:Arctic_land_animals.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Category:Mammals_of_Canada.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Category:Mammals_of_the_Arctic.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Category:Reindeer.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Cervidae.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Chordate.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Committee_on_the_Status_of_Endangered_Wildlife_in_Canada.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Cyperaceae.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Deer.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Dolphin-Union_Caribou.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Even-toed_ungulate.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Gestation_period.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Inuinnaqtun.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Inuit.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Inuktitut.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Inuktitut_syllabics.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Inuvialuit.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Inuvialuktun.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Joel_Asaph_Allen.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Lichen.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Mammal.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Migratory_woodland_caribou.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Mushroom.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink North_America.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Northwest_Territories.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Nunavut.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Porcupine_caribou.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Pre-Dorset.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Prince_of_Wales_Island_(Nunavut).
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Purple_saxifrage.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Queen_Charlotte_Islands_caribou.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Queen_Elizabeth_Islands.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Rangifer_tarandus_dawsoni.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Reindeer.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Robert_Peary.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Saxifraga_oppositifolia.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Shovel.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Snout.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Somerset_Island_(Nunavut).
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Subspecies.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Theria.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Thomsen_River.
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLink Velvet_(antler_covering).
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLinkText "''R t pearyi''".
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLinkText "''R. t. pearyi''".
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLinkText "6. ''R t pearyi''".
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLinkText "6. ''R. t. pearyi''".
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLinkText "Peary caribou".
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLinkText "Peary's".
- Peary_caribou wikiPageWikiLinkText "R. t. pearyi".
- Peary_caribou classis "Mammalia".
- Peary_caribou familia Cervidae.
- Peary_caribou familia Deer.
- Peary_caribou genus "Rangifer".
- Peary_caribou hasPhotoCollection Peary_caribou.
- Peary_caribou imageCaption "Peary caribou".
- Peary_caribou name "Peary caribou".
- Peary_caribou ordo Artiodactyla.
- Peary_caribou ordo Even-toed_ungulate.
- Peary_caribou phylum Chordate.
- Peary_caribou rangeMap "Rangifer tarandus Map NA.svg".
- Peary_caribou rangeMapCaption "Approximate range of Peary caribou. Overlap with other subspecies of caribou is possible for contiguous range. 1. Rangifer tarandus caribou subdivided into ecotypes: woodland (boreal), woodland (migratory), woodland , 2.R. t. Dawsoni extinct 1907, 3. R. t. granti, 4. barren-ground caribou R. t. groenlandicus, 5. Groenlandicus/Pearyi 6. Peary caribou R. t. pearyi".
- Peary_caribou rangeMapWidth "300".
- Peary_caribou regnum "Animalia".
- Peary_caribou species "R. tarandus".
- Peary_caribou subclassis Theria.