Peary caribou
/ˌpɪəri ˈkarɪbuː/noun
A reindeer of the white subspecies Rangifer tarandus pearyi, which is now restricted to a few islands in the Canadian Arctic.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Joel Asaph Allen (1838–1921). From the name of Robert Edwin Peary, U.S. explorer, who in 1905 collected the first specimens to be scientifically described + caribou.
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