Category:Reindeer

Reindeer, also known as Caribou, are northern herbivores. There are several subspecies of wild reindeer, as well as several breeds of domesticated reindeer.

Car"i*bou, n. Etym: [Canadian French.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The American reindeer, especially the common or woodland species (Rangifer Caribou). Barren Ground caribou. See under Barren. -- Woodland caribou, the common reindeer (Rangifer Caribou) of the northern forests of America.

Wild Reindeer
Tundra Reindeer

Woodland Reindeer

Rein"deer` (rn"dr), n. Etym: [icel. hreinn reindeer + e. deer. Icel. Hreinn is of lapp or finnish origin; cf. Lappish reino pasturage.] [formerly written also raindeer, and ranedeer.] (zool.)

Defn: any ruminant of the genus rangifer, of the deer family, found In the colder parts of both the eastern and western hemispheres, and Having long irregularly branched antlers, with the brow tines Palmate.

Note: the common european species (r. tarandus) is domesticated in Lapland. The woodland reindeer or caribou (r. caribou) is found in Canada and maine (see caribou.) The barren ground reindeer or caribou (r. Groelandicus), of smaller size, is found on the shores of the Arctic ocean, in both hemispheries. Reindeer moss (bot.), a gray Branching lichen (cladonia rangiferina) which forms extensive patches On the ground in arctic and even in north temperature regions. It is The principal food of the lapland reindeer in winter. -- reindeer period (geol.), a name sometimes given to a part of the Paleolithic era when the reindeer was common over central europe.