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Reindeer are the same thing as caribou except that they are native to northern Europe and Asia. Caribou are found in the wild, whereas reindeer are typically domesticated (caribou in Alaska that ...
The use of the terms reindeer and caribou for essentially the same animal can cause confusion, but the ICUN clearly delineates the issue: "Reindeer is the European name for the species of Rangifer, while in North America, Rangifer species are known as Caribou."
Pictured here is a reindeer, or caribou, another name for the same species. ©doliux/Shutterstock.com Reindeer and whitetail deer belong to the same family of animals called Cervidae .
The reindeer is called caribou in North America but retains the name reindeer across Europe and Asia. However, when caribou are domesticated in North America, they are referred to as reindeer.
Merge Caribou into Reindeer – I'm not an expert, but if they are the same animal, then the article should be under the name reindeer. "Caribou" is essentially a regional term, whereas "reindeer" is universally understood, especially because of Santa's reindeer, which are never referred to as caribou.
The mountain reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus), also called the Norwegian reindeer, northern reindeer, common reindeer or mountain caribou, is a mid-sized to large subspecies of the reindeer that is native to the western Scandinavian Peninsula, particularly Norway. In Norway, it is called fjellrein, villrein or tundra-rein.
The Cairngorm Reindeer Centre in Aviemore is an excellent place to see the herd. A herd of reindeer (caribou) and a herd of muskoxen share the same territory at Alaska’s Large Animal Research ...
The Porcupine caribou is a herd or ecotype of the mainland barren-ground caribou (Rangifer arcticus arcticus, syn. R. tarandus groenlandicus [1]), the subspecies of the reindeer or caribou found in Alaska, United States, and Yukon and the Northwest Territories, Canada.