Status of endangered and threatened caribou on Canada's arctic islands

• Published in: Rangifer
• Main Authors: Anne Gunn, Frank L. Miller, John Nishi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2000
• Subjects: arctic caribou; Canada; declines; population status; Rangifer tarandus; R. t. pearyi; Animal culture; SF1-1100; Arctic; Peary; Arctic Island; Banks Island; caribou; inuit; Inuvialuit; Queen Elizabeth Islands; Rangifer; Victoria Island; victoria island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7557/2.20.5.1623; https://doaj.org/article/ceef1bdd7e9544628081533fb160ae67

Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) on the Canadian Arctic Islands occur as several populations which are nationally classified as either endangered or threatened. On the western High Arctic (Queen Elizabeth) Islands, Peary caribou (R. t. pearyi) declined to an estimated 1100 caribou in 1997. This is the lo...