#019
Reindeer
Rangifer tarandus
Moderate
Vulnerable
Not photographed yet
Distribution
Range
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Range: iNaturalist (CC BY 4.0) · Base map: Natural Earth (public domain)
Quick facts
- Group
- Mammals
- Family
- Cervidae
- Size
- 90–140 cm (shoulder)
- Weight
- 60–300 kg
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Lifespan
- 12–15 yrs
- Habitat
- Arctic tundra, Taiga, Mountain plateaus
About
The reindeer or caribou is a species of deer with circumpolar distribution, native to Arctic, subarctic, tundra, boreal, and mountainous regions of Northern Europe, Siberia, and North America. It is the only representative of the genus Rangifer. More recent studies suggest the splitting of reindeer and caribou.
Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), abridged.