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. 2019 Oct 25;9:15333. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-51884-5

Table 1.

Maximum Euclidean (straight-line), round-trip distance (RTD, in km) for different long-distance, terrestrial mammalian migrations.

Species Location Distance Year(s) References
Caribou Bathurst Herd 1350 1993–2012 50
Caribou Porcupine Herd 1350 1985–1987 21
Caribou Leaf River Herd 1300 1990–2010 59
Caribou Western Arctic Herd 1250 2009–2017 this study
Caribou Qamanirjuaq Herd 1250 1993–2012 50
Reindeer Taymyr Peninsula 1200 <2003 60 in6
Gray wolf Northwest Territories 1016 1997–1999 43
Caribou South Baffin Island 800 1984–1992 61
Mule deer Wyoming/Idaho 772 2017 62
Caribou Nelchina Herd 750 1999–2003 63
Tibetan antelope Tibet 700 <2005 64
Blue wildebeest Serengeti 650 1999–2000 22,65
Mongolian gazelle Mongolia 600 2002–2003 66
Burchell’s zebra Botswana 588 2007–2013 67,68
Bison Alberta 483 <1940 69
Pronghorn Alberta/Saskatchewan 435 2003–2010 27
White-eared kob South Sudan 400 1980–1982 3
Moose Northeast Alaska 392 1995–1996 70
Pronghorn Montana/Saskatchewan 315 2003–2010 this study;27
Pronghorn Wyoming 300 <2005 71