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Reindeer
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Reindeer
• Rangifer tarandus
• Also known as the caribou
• Females weight between 130 and 370 lbs and measures 64–81 inches long.
• Males weight 220–700 lb and measures 71–84 inches
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Distribution
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Antlers
• Both sexes grow antlers, which for old males fall off in December, for young males in the early spring, and for females in the summer.
• The bull reindeer's antlers are the second largest of any deer, and can range up to 39 inches in width and 53 inches in length.
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They mainly eat lichens in winter, especially reindeer moss and grass in the summer
The reindeer travels the furthest of any terrestrial mammal, walking up to 3,000 miles a year
Mating occurs from late September to early November and calves are born in May and June
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• Santa Claus's reindeer were first named in the 1823 poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas", where they are called Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen
• Rudolph was added by Robert L. May in 1939 as "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"