Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) wildspecies.ca

Secure

Present in regions

Migratory species: Unknown

Taxonomic group:

Mammals

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Common Names

English common name:

Caribou

French common name:

Caribou

Year	English common name	French common name
2000	Caribou	Caribou
2005	Caribou	Caribou
2010	Caribou	Caribou
2015	Caribou	Caribou
2020	Caribou	Caribou

Source: iNaturalist

Scientific Names

Higher Classification:

Superkingdom

EUKARYOTA

Kingdom

ANIMALIA

Subkingdom

BILATERIA

Infrakingdom

DEUTEROSTOMIA

Phylum

Chordata

Subphylum

Vertebrata

Infraphylum

Gnathostomata

Superclass

Tetrapoda

Class

Mammalia

Subclass

Theria

Infraclass

Eutheria

Year	Scientific name	Family	Order
2000	Rangifer tarandus	Cervidae	Artiodactyla
2005	Rangifer tarandus	Cervidae	Artiodactyla
2010	Rangifer tarandus	Cervidae	Artiodactyla
2015	Rangifer tarandus	Cervidae	Artiodactyla
2020	Rangifer tarandus	Cervidae	Artiodactyla

Priority Score

This species is not designated as may be at risk

Trends in rounded national ranks

Year	Rounded National Rank	Description of the change	Reason for change	Notes
2000	Secure
2005	Secure
2010	Secure
2015	Secure
2020	Vulnerable	Increased level of risk.	New interpretation of same information.	Assessed by COSEWIC as special concern

Original Ranks:

Canada
2000	Secure - 4
2005	Secure - 4
2010	Secure - 4
2015	Secure - N5
2020	Vulnerable - N3N4

Yukon
2000	Secure - 4
2005	Sensitive - 3
2010	Sensitive - 3
2015	Vulnerable - S3S4
2020	Vulnerable - S3S4

Northwest Territories
2000	Secure - 4
2005	Secure - 4
2010	Secure - 4
2015	Vulnerable - S3
2020	Vulnerable - S3S4

Nunavut
2000	Sensitive - 3
2005	Secure - 4
2010	Secure - 4
2015	Apparently Secure - S4
2020	Vulnerable - S3S4

British Columbia
2000	Secure - 4
2005	Secure - 4
2010	Sensitive - 3
2015	Vulnerable - S3?
2020	Vulnerable - S3?

Alberta
2000	At Risk - 1
2005	At Risk - 1
2010	At Risk - 1
2015	Critically Imperiled - S1S2
2020	Critically Imperiled - S1S2

Saskatchewan
2000	Sensitive - 3
2005	Sensitive - 3
2010	Sensitive - 3
2015	Vulnerable - S3
2020	Vulnerable - S3

Manitoba
2000	Secure - 4
2005	Secure - 4
2010	Secure - 4
2015	Apparently Secure - S4
2020	Vulnerable - S3

Ontario
2000	Sensitive - 3
2005	Sensitive - 3
2010	Sensitive - 3
2015	Apparently Secure - S4
2020	Vulnerable - S3

Quebec
2000	May Be At Risk - 2
2005	Secure - 4
2010	Secure - 4
2015	Vulnerable - S3
2020	Vulnerable - S3

New Brunswick
2000	Extirpated - 0.1
2005	Extirpated - 0.1
2010	Extirpated - 0.1
2015	Presumed Extirpated - SX
2020	Presumed Extirpated - SX

Nova Scotia
2000	Extirpated - 0.1
2005	Extirpated - 0.1
2010	Extirpated - 0.1
2015	Presumed Extirpated - SX
2020	Presumed Extirpated - SX

Prince Edward Island
2000	Extirpated - 0.1
2005	Extirpated - 0.1
2010	Extirpated - 0.1
2015	Presumed Extirpated - SX
2020	Presumed Extirpated - SX

Newfoundland and Labrador
2000	Secure - 4
2005	Secure - 4
2010	Secure - 4
2015
2020

Labrador
2000
2005
2010
2015	Critically Imperiled - S1S2
2020	Critically Imperiled - S1

Newfoundland
2000
2005
2010
2015	Apparently Secure - S4
2020	Vulnerable - S3S4

Pacific Ocean
2000	Not Present
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Western Arctic Ocean
2000	Not Present
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Eastern Arctic Ocean
2000	Not Present
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Atlantic Ocean
2000	Not Present
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present