Reindeer
Rangifer tarandus
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Rangifer tarandus
- Class
- Mammal
- Order
- Artiodactyla
- Family
- Deer
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Size
- Large (2–4 m)
- Active
- By day
- Continent
- Europe, Asia, North America
- Habitat
- Polar regions, Mountains, Forest
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- Unusually for deer, females grow antlers as well as males.
- Its eyes shift from golden in summer to blue in winter, which helps it see in dim light.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q39624 · All animals · All entries