BARREN GROUND CARIBOU, Rangifer arcticus 



(Tutu, Tutupiak) 



Range. — Arctic North America beyond the limit 

 of trees, Ahiska to Greenland and Newfoundland. 



Habitat. — Open, well-grown tundra areas, 

 mainly on the higher plateaus; frequently into 

 open coniferous forests in winter. 



Races in Alaska. — The race sfonei (type local- 

 ity: Kenai Peninsula) occui:)ies most of central 

 and northern Alaska, but has disappeared on the 

 Kenai Peninsula. The race grantl (type locality : 

 west end of Alaska Peninsula, opposite Popof 

 Island) occupies the Alaska Peninsula and Uni- 

 mak Island; it formerly occurred also on Unga 

 and other islands near the type locality, and west- 

 ward along the Bering seacoast. 



Introduction. — In the summers of 1!)58 and 1959, 

 a band of 23 calves from the Nelchina area east 

 of Anchorage were taken to Adak Island. Rottle- 

 fed at first by a group of U.S. Marines, they sur- 

 vived and had increased to 36 in number in 1962. 



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