Reindeer

Rangifer
A reindeer
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Rangifer
Binomial name
Rangifer tarandus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Reindeer map
A female reindeer and her child near Inari, Finland.
A group of reindeer.
Two reindeer in Sweden.
Old photograph of a domestic reindeer being milked.

The reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) is an even-toed ungulate mammal of the deer family. In North America it is also called caribou. There are about 10-20 reindeer subspecies. The reindeer is the only deer that has been domesticated.


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