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Reindeer need a lot of food to survive a long winter. A reindeer can eat up to twenty pounds of food each day! For many reindeer to survive in the wild, this lichen is necessary.
Reindeer evolved during the last ice age to withstand temperatures as low as minus 94°F (minus 70° C. Yes, you read that right. This is an amazing feat, accomplished only by a select group of ...
Reindeer have adapted to endure the cold and survive extreme winters. In North America, wild reindeer will seek shelter and tough out winter in forested areas.
The mountain reindeer has several physiological adaptations to cope with different environmental temperatures. Reindeer have hemoglobin that allows for high oxygen unloading even at very cold temperatures. [1] This is essential because reindeer limbs are often kept much colder than core body temperature, a phenomenon known as regional ...
The boreal woodland caribou is well-adapted to cold environments, with a compact body covered with a thick and long coat (thicker in winter than in summer). [12] They have a large blunt muzzle, short wide ears and a small tail. Adults have a brown to dark-brown coat in summer, [12] becoming greyer in winter. [12]
The Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) is a small subspecies or species of reindeer found on the Svalbard archipelago of Norway.Males average 65–90 kg (143–198 lb) in weight, females 53–70 kg (117–154 lb), [2] while for other reindeer generally body mass is 159–182 kg (351–401 lb) for males and 80–120 kg (180–260 lb) for females.
Reindeer live in the northernmost parts of the world, where winter temperatures drop to -40 degrees. These arctic climates make it a necessity for the reindeer to migrate if they want to survive.
Several named Rangifer fossils in Eurasia and North America predate the evolution of modern tundra reindeer. Archaeologists distinguish “modern” tundra reindeer and barren-ground caribou from primitive forms — living and extinct — that did not have adaptations to extreme cold and to long-distance migration. [30]