but not caribou
2007-03-22 08:55:22 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Sorry,Rangifer tarandus..I was trying to write it from memory and..er..goofed.
2007-03-22 22:24:27 · update #1
Reindeer and Caribou are the same species, however in Eurasia we call them Reindeer, and in North America they call them Caribou. In both areas they have actually been 'tamed', they can be domesticated but most populations live wild, independently from man.
2007-03-23 08:14:45 · answer #1 · answered by Esquire 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are caribou if a hunter shoots them....they are reindeer when kids are around in a zoo...but the same species Rangifer tarandus (the "R" begins the genus and it is capitalized, but ur "t" begins the species and it is lower case--together they make the species name or Latin name)
2007-03-22 16:05:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the Sami have been herding reindeer for centuries. maybe if some group worked with the caribou for that long, they'd be tame, too. give it another 5,000 years.
2007-03-22 16:33:57 · answer #3 · answered by wendy_da_goodlil_witch 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋