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  2. Uncover the Truth: Do Reindeer Really Live at the North Pole?

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    Reindeer, or caribou, are members of the deer family Cervidae.Deer, elk, moose, and wapiti are also members of this family. The distinction between reindeer and caribou depends on where they live.

  3. 12 Incredible Reindeer Facts for Christmas - AOL

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    A wild adult reindeer or caribou can live up to 20 years in captivity, although the typical lifespan is about 15 years. Males have a shorter life than females- often as much as four years less. 1 ...

  4. Reindeer distribution - Wikipedia

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    Reindeer were imported from Siberia in the late 19th century and from Norway in the early 1900s as semi-domesticated livestock in Alaska. [45] [46] Reindeer can interbreed with the native caribou subspecies, but they rarely do, and even then their offspring do not survive well in the wild. [47] [25]

  5. Reindeer Antlers: Everything You Need to Know - AOL

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    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 ...

  6. Boreal woodland caribou - Wikipedia

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    See Evolution in main page, Reindeer.Following are excerpts relating to boreal woodland caribou. Reindeer originated in a Late Pliocene North American-Beringian radiation of New World deer [Geist 1998). A frontoparietal skull fragment of Rangifer sp. from the Early Pleistocene of Omsk, Russia dates back to 2.1-1.8 Ma and suggests northern Eurasia as a center of reindeer o

  7. Mountain reindeer - Wikipedia

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    Currently, wild mountain reindeer can only be found in western Scandinavia, with the biggest populations residing in central and southern Norway. The total population in Norway is between 70,000 and 80,000, with the largest numbers found in Sør-Trøndelag, Nord-Trøndelag and northern Hedmark. A smaller population, 6,000 to 7,000, is found in ...

  8. From Antlers to Ultraviolet Vision: 10 Amazing Reindeer Facts

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    The reindeer, however, is an exception as it can see ultraviolet light. 7. Reindeer Are The Only Deer Species To Be Domesticated . As surprising as it may sound, reindeer are the only deer species ...

  9. Reindeer - Wikipedia

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    The reindeer or caribou [a] (Rangifer tarandus) [5] is a species of deer with circumpolar distribution, native to Arctic, subarctic, tundra, boreal, and mountainous regions of Northern Europe, Siberia, and North America. [2]