Moderately sized, hoofed mammal with short ears and tail; mane on neck; antlers large and variable with forward-projecting brow tines
Lowland and alpine tundra, boreal forest; cool windblown sites or snow fields in summer to escape insects
Grasses, sedges, lichens, leaves of willow and birch, herbs
Wolves, bears, wolverine, humans
Caribou are the only member of the deer family in which both sexes grow antlers.
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