CARIBOU

There are two main types of caribou(KAR-UH-BOO), the barren-ground caribou and the woodland caribou. The barren-ground caribou spend the summer in the Artic tundra and they spend the winter in the evergreen forests south of the tundra. They may be found from western Alaska to western Greenland. In the western region they live in herds. They don't overgraze their range because they keep moving from place to place. In summer, they eat mostly grass and leaves of various shrubs. In winter, they live mostly on lichens. Woodland caribou are slightly larger and darker than barren-ground caribou. They are found in forested regions from Newfoundland to the Northwest Territories and down through British Columbia.

Female caribou have antlers and are the only member of the deer family in North America that the female has antlers. Some Northern Indians and Eskimos eat caribou meat and they make soup from the animal's bone marrow. They make clothing from the hides and make weapons from the bones, too.