Example:
Let's pretend we stuck the caribou into the desert. First of all, it would be very hot with its thick fur. So I might say that its new adaptation would be to shed hair in hot temperatures. They might also now learn to use the heavy, sharp hooves to dig deep holes in the ground to lay in during the hot days.
You choose a new biome for your animal to live, and what adaptations it must now have to survive there!
A new biome that the prairie dog could not live in without new adaptations would be the tundra. If the prairie dog got dropped off in the tundra, a new adaptation he might have would be a larger burrowing head that helped him dig through snow so that he could build his tunnel in snow instead of underground. He might also have new thick, furry coat to help him survive the cold winter temperatures. His new diet would have to be shrubs that grow in the tundra due to the permafrost that covers the ground all year.
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