Peary caribou  (Rangifer tarandus ssp. pearyi)

The Peary caribou is the smallest of all caribou (a type of reindeer native to northern North America) at around the size of a great dane dog (3). What the Peary caribou lacks in size however it makes up for in its pelage. It has a fantastic long, dense, silky white winter coat to protect it from the harsh cold weather and in the summer develops a shorter coat, which is slate coloured on top and white or ivory-coloured on the underparts (5). This subspecies of caribou has a short deer-like muzzle, and grey velvet antlers which become bone-coloured when the caribou polishes them on the ground (5). Both males and females have antlers, though antlers on the adult males are much larger than those of females and juvenile males (6).