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Female reindeer have antlers, and notably retain their antlers during the winter. Male reindeer, on the other hand, lose their antlers during winter and regrow them in spring. Female whitetail ...
When male reindeer shed their antlers in early to mid-winter, the antlered cows acquire the highest ranks in the feeding hierarchy, gaining access to the best forage areas. These cows are healthier than those without antlers. [135] Calves whose mothers do not have antlers are more prone to disease and have a significantly higher mortality. [135]
Female reindeer grow antlers that are significantly smaller than their male counterparts. Male reindeer grow antlers as long as 50 inches after multiple seasons of shedding. Females grow 20-inch ...
Males shed their antlers prior to winter, while female antlers are retained throughout winter. [29] Also, female antler size plateaus at the onset of puberty, around age three, while males' antler size increases during their lifetime. [30]
Male reindeer shed both large amounts of body weight and their antlers after mating season, and that coincidentally falls right before winter. Only female reindeer would have the antlers — and ...
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.
Among deer species, reindeer antlers are the largest, and they are also unique in that they are present on both male and female reindeer. Every year, reindeer antlers shed their old antlers to ...
Male reindeer, known as bulls, shed their antlers in November, just before Christmas, and grow them back the following spring. ... The females (cows) keep their antlers through the winter and shed ...