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Barren-ground
Caribou
Distribution
Caribou are
circumpolar, found in Russia, Scandinavia, Greenland and across arctic
North America. In the NWT, barren-ground caribou range over the taiga
forests and tundra of the mainland. They have the widest distribution and
are by far the most abundant subspecies of caribou in the NWT. They also
have the greatest cultural and economic importance.
There are several distinct barren-ground caribou herds in the NWT:
Bathurst herd
Cape Bathurst herd
Bluenose-East herd
Bluenose-West herd
Beverly herd
As
well, the Ahiak (Queen Maud Gulf) herd
of Nunavut’s northeast mainland
migrates southwest during the fall and has been known to winter on the
tundra in the eastern NWT.
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