Caribou

kar'i-boo, an American reindeer ranging from Maine to Lake Superior and northward. With the exception of the musk-ox, it ranges farther north than any other hoofed animal. There are two groups or species, the woodland and the barren ground caribou. The latter ranges further to the north, beyond the limit of timber, but retires southward in herds of thousands in the winter time. The woodland caribou is of a dun gray color and is about three and one-half feet high at the shoulder. Its fleetness reminds one of the antelope. It lives mainly on lichens. The antlers are flattened somewhat like those of a moose. Its numbers have been greatly diminished by persistent and merciless hunting. An interesting account of a caribou school, as well as other sketches of caribou life, are given by William J. Long in his Wilderness Ways. See Reindeer