トナカイ (Rangifer tarandus) は北極および亜北極全体に生息する有蹄類で、特にカナダ、アメリカ (アラスカ州)、ロシア、ノルウェー、フィンランド、グリーンランドに多く見られる。トナカイの外見は出身地と時季によって異なるが、一般的に体毛は茶色と白、顔は下部と鼻口部が白く、鼻先は暗い色をしている。大きな枝角は、複数箇所が茶色い角袋に覆われている。オスは体長 1.8～2.1 m、体重 159～182 kg。メスは体長 1.6～2.05 m、体重 80～120 kg。
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Rangifer tarandus
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There are 12 living subspecies of reindeer and 2 extinct subspecies. Different subspecies live in different geographical areas and environments, and also look slightly different.
The North American reindeer (caribou) migrates up to 5000km, the furthest of any land mammal.
Reindeer are the only species of deer where both males and females grow antlers (although in some reindeer subspecies, the females have lost their antlers).
Reindeer shed their antlers every year so new ones can grow. Males shed their antlers at the end of the mating season and females shed theirs after they have given birth.
The most mature and dominant reindeer stags have the largest antlers.
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