Carl Linnaeus chose the name RANGifer for the genus, which he used in Deangiferus Magnus used in animalibus, fol. 268: 22: 22. Rangifer varies in size and colour from the smallest, the Svalbard reindeers, to the largest, the Boreal woodland caribOU.
About Reindeer in brief
The reindeer is a species of deer with circumpolar distribution, native to Arctic, sub-Arctic, tundra, boreal, and mountainous regions of northern Europe, Siberia, and North America. The North American range of caribou extends from Alaska through Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut into the boreal forest and south through the Canadian Rockies and the Columbia and Selkirk Mountains. Rangifer varies in size and colour from the smallest, the Svalbard reindeers, to the largest, the Boreal woodland caribOU. The Taimyr herd of migrating Siberian tundRA reind deer in Russia is the largest wild reindeering herd in the world. In traditional Christmas legend, Santa Claus’s reindeed pull a sleigh through the sky to help deliver gifts to good children on Christmas Eve. Carl Linnaeus chose the name RANGifer for the genus, which he used in Deangiferus Magnus used in animalibus, fol. 268: 22: 22. This word may go back to the word raingo, which means raingo in Saami. In any case, the word tarandus is the specific epithet to make reference to the specific reference to Ulisse Aldrurovandi’s Quadrupedum omnium biscorcorium bisulum. In this case, Aldrovandi and Konrad Gesradner thought that rangifer and tarandos were two separate animals, but in fact, they were separate animals in the same genus, Cervus tar andus. This is the reason for the two words being used in the name of the genus.
The name may also refer to the two different types of antlers, which are different in size, colour, and shape. Male and female reinders can grow antlers annually, although the proportion of females that grow antler varies greatly between population and season. Antlers are typically larger on males. In Sápmi,Reindeer are used to pull a pulk, a Nordic sled. Arctic peoples have depended on caribous for food, clothing, and shelter, such as the Caribou Inuit, the inland-dwelling Inuit of the Kivalliq Region in northern Canada, the Inupiat, and the Inuvialuit. The Sami people have also depended on reindee herding and fishing for centuries. Some subspecies are rare and at least one has already become extinct: the Queen Charlotte Islands carIBou of Canada. The George River herd in Canada, with former variations between 28,000 and 385,000, is considered to be vulnerable by the IUCN. As of January 2018, there are fewer than 9,000 animals estimated to be left in the George River herds. Environment Canada reported in 2011 that there were approximately 34,000 boreal woodlandCaribou in 51 ranges remaining in Canada. Woodland caribu have disappeared from most of their original southern range and were designated as threatened in 2002 by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada.
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