“Caribou”: Porsild, 1950: 54 (relatively plentiful, 1949, Banks
and Victoria islands).
“Barren-ground caribou”: Banfield, 1951a: 1 (importance in
northern economy); 3 (physical environment); 4 (former and
present distribution); 4-5 (winter ranges); 5 (influences of
fire on distribution); 6 (summer ranges; retrograde autumnal
movement); 9 (estimated mainland population 670,000); 9-12
(migration); 10 (retrograde autumnal movement; rutting in
October or November); 11 (influences of excessive hunting and
fires on migration); 12-15 (changes in range and status); 13
(estimated population of 1,750,000 in 1900); 14-15 (destruction
by whalers and natives); 15-17 (description; pelage and molt);
15 (weight); 17-18 (antler growth and change); 18 (tooth wear
with age); 19 (body form; foot-prints; foot-click); 19-20
(food); 21 (locomotion; swimming); 22 (voice; senses;
disposition); 23-24 (group behavior); 24-26 (sexual
segregation); 26 (rutting behavior); 27 (fawning behavior;
warning behavior); 27-29 (influence of food, weather, and flies
on migration); 30 (vital statistics; growth); 31 (sexual
maturity); 31-33 (warble flies); 33 (nostril flies, mosquitoes,
and black flies); 33-35 (internal parasites); 35 (bacterial
diseases); 35-36 (accidents); 36-37 (relations to other
animals); 37-41 (relations to wolves; annual loss from wolf
predation estimated at no more than 5 percent); 41 (wolverine
only a scavenger); 42 (few kills by barren-ground grizzlies or
golden eagles); 42-43 (effect of firearms and wastage by
natives); 43-44 (caches); 44-45 (meat used as human food, dog
feed, and fox bait); 46-47 (hides used for clothing, upholstery,
tents, moccasins, etc.); 47 (use of sinew, antlers, and fat);
47-50 (human population in caribou range; annual kill estimated
at 93,000 as a minimum).
_Rangifer arcticus arcticus_ (Richardson): Banfield, 1951b:
120 (Mackenzie; wintering in forest, summering on tundra;
specimens).
“Caribou”: Scott, 1951: 17 (Musk Ox Lake, Mackenzie); 19 (near
Beechey Lake); 37, 41, 83, 87, 88, 175, 214, 216 (Perry River,
Keewatin); 127 (use by Eskimos); 179, 180 (doe with fawn, July
21); 199 (several thousand, July 27); 234 (Baker Lake).
“Caribou”: Tweedsmuir, 1951: 18 (reduction on Baffin Island); 37
(Salisbury Island); 111 (gone from Foxe Land).
“Caribou”: Anonymous, 1952: 261 (decline in numbers from
1,750,000 in 1900 to 670,000 in 1952); 263, 265, 267 (wolves
harrying herds); 264 (annual kill estimated at 100,000; natural
enemies account for 68,000 more); 267 (summer and winter ranges
mapped).
_Rangifer arcticus arcticus_. . .: Mochi and Carter, 1953:
pl. 9, fig. 3, and accompanying text (description;
distribution).
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