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caribou
(Rangifer tarandus)
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cariboucan swim    has source: Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada. Reproduced with permission of the Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada, 2000, 2000-10-27 10:26:22.0
eats lichen, flowers, grasses, leaves of shrubs    has source: Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada. Reproduced with permission of the Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada, 2000, 2000-10-27 10:26:22.0
has good sense of smell    has source: Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada. Reproduced with permission of the Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada, 2000, 2000-10-27 10:26:22.0
has picture    has source: Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada. Reproduced with permission of the Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada, 2000, 2000-10-27 10:26:22.0
has scientific name Rangifer tarandus    has source: Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada. Reproduced with permission of the Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada, 2000, 2000-10-27 10:26:22.0
has part antlers    has source: Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada. Reproduced with permission of the Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada, 2000, 2000-10-27 10:26:22.0
is eaten by wolf, human,    has source: Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada. Reproduced with permission of the Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada, 2000, 2000-10-27 10:26:22.0
is a kind of deerhas source: Banfield, A.W.F. 1974. The Mammals of Canada. University of Toronto Press., 2000-10-27 10:26:22.0
lives in a herd    has source: Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada. Reproduced with permission of the Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada, 2000, 2000-10-27 10:26:22.0
migrates    has source: Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada. Reproduced with permission of the Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada, 2000, 2000-10-27 10:26:22.0
deerchews its cud2000-10-27 10:26:25.0
cloven-hoofed mammalhas Order name Order Artiodactyla2000-10-27 10:26:23.0
mammalis warm-blooded2000-10-27 10:26:37.0
may catch rabies2000-10-27 10:26:37.0

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