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There are only two genetically pure populations of wild reindeer in Northern Europe: wild mountain reindeer (R. t. tarandus) that live in central Norway, with a population in 2007 of between 6,000 and 8,400 animals; [229] and wild Finnish forest reindeer (R. t. fennicus) that live in central and eastern Finland and in Russian Karelia, with a ...
The Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx), the biggest threat to juvenile reindeer Because the mountain reindeer is so large, it has very few natural predators aside from human hunters. However, lynx and wolverines sometimes prey on young, old or sick reindeer.
Five cervid species (clockwise from top left): the red deer (Cervus elaphus), sika deer (Cervus nippon), barasingha (Rucervus duvaucelii), reindeer (Rangifer tarandus), white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Cervidae is a family of hoofed ruminant mammals in the order Artiodactyla. A member of this family is called a deer or a cervid.
As you can see, the reindeer population (both wild and domesticated) is dwindling in many places. This is due to several factors. Disease. Reindeer are susceptible to disease, just like any other ...
Reindeer have a weird means of communicating with each other. One of the ways they keep together when traveling in herds is by the clicking sounds they make with their back feet.
Reindeer (also known as caribou) are a member of the deer family, native to the tundra, boreal forests, and mountains of the extreme frigid north. In human culture, they are a staple of northern ...
Domesticated reindeer are mostly found in northern Fennoscandia and Russia, with a herd of approximately 150–170 semi-domesticated reindeer living around the Cairngorms region in Scotland. Although formerly more widespread in Scandinavia, the last remaining wild mountain reindeer in Europe are found in portions of southern Norway. [6]
The Finnish forest reindeer (Rangifer tarandus fennicus (Finnish: metsäpeura, Russian: лесной северный олень), also known as Eurasian or European forest reindeer [1] is a rare subspecies of the reindeer native to Finland and northwestern Russia.