Caribou are another member of the deer family, but they tend to live in the arctic tundra, mountain tundra and forests in the north of Alaska. They travel in large herds in search of food, feasting on different types of vegetation like mushrooms, moss, willow, birch, flowering tundra plants and small bushes.

There are many wild herds of caribou in Alaska. Some estimate there are about 32 separate large herds in addition to many smaller ones. According the the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, about 22,000 caribou are hunted and killed each year. The Department estimates there are about 900,000 caribou despite the hunting and displacement of caribou due to the oil industry.

Source: Alaska Department of Fish & Game