Caribou
Rangifer tarandus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderArtiodactyla (Artiodàctils)
- FamilyCervidae (Cèrvids)
- GenusRangifer (Caribous/Reindeers)
- SpeciesRangifer tarandus (Caribou)
Closest Relatives at Wrangell-St. Elias National Park
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denali National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Gates of the Arctic National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Gros Morne National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 4 | Vatnajokull National Park | 🇮🇸 Iceland | |
| 5 | Wrangell-St. Elias National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Katmai National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Cairngorms National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 8 | Jasper National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 9 | Great Bear Rainforest | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 10 | Nahanni National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 11 | Wood Buffalo National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 12 | Banff National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Caribou in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park?
About 27% of visitor-days record a Caribou sighting in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, based on 12 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Caribou in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park?
July has the highest sighting rate for Caribou in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park in our monthly data.