Table 1 Maximum Euclidean (straight-line), round-trip distance (RTD, in km) for different long-distance, terrestrial mammalian migrations.
From: Longest terrestrial migrations and movements around the world
Species | Location | Distance | Year(s) | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Caribou | Bathurst Herd | 1350 | 1993–2012 | |
Caribou | Porcupine Herd | 1350 | 1985–1987 | |
Caribou | Leaf River Herd | 1300 | 1990–2010 | |
Caribou | Western Arctic Herd | 1250 | 2009–2017 | this study |
Caribou | Qamanirjuaq Herd | 1250 | 1993–2012 | |
Reindeer | Taymyr Peninsula | 1200 | <2003 | |
Gray wolf | Northwest Territories | 1016 | 1997–1999 | |
Caribou | South Baffin Island | 800 | 1984–1992 | |
Mule deer | Wyoming/Idaho | 772 | 2017 | |
Caribou | Nelchina Herd | 750 | 1999–2003 | |
Tibetan antelope | Tibet | 700 | <2005 | |
Blue wildebeest | Serengeti | 650 | 1999–2000 | |
Mongolian gazelle | Mongolia | 600 | 2002–2003 | |
Burchell’s zebra | Botswana | 588 | 2007–2013 | |
Bison | Alberta | 483 | <1940 | |
Pronghorn | Alberta/Saskatchewan | 435 | 2003–2010 | |
White-eared kob | South Sudan | 400 | 1980–1982 | |
Moose | Northeast Alaska | 392 | 1995–1996 | |
Pronghorn | Montana/Saskatchewan | 315 | 2003–2010 | this study;27 |
Pronghorn | Wyoming | 300 | <2005 |
