Reindeer are just one of these forty-three species, with 8 subspecies of its own! There are eight subspecies of reindeer, including: Santa’s (R.t. saintnicolas magicalus) ...

Reindeer are one of the species of deer, which in turn has 10 subspecies of its own. We can then say that yes, reindeer are, in fact, deer. This does not mean that they are the same thing, however.

Reindeer come in 14 subspecies — two of which are extinct — and they look nothing like their cartoon counterparts. While their colors and size vary, reindeer are invariably stocky, with thick ...

3. Santa's reindeer are most likely the R.t. platyrhynchus subspecies from the Svalbard islands off of Norway. We know that because Clement C. Moore's poem, "A Visit from Saint Nicholas," which ...

Reindeer, Rangifer tarandus, are familiar hoofed animals that live in cold climates near the North Pole. ... Rangifer tarandus, and in one of more than a dozen different subspecies.

Besides, as the web site of Alaska's Department of Fish and Game notes, Santa's reindeer are an uncommon subspecies (saintnicolas magicalus) that exhibit characteristics atypical of other ...

Reindeer are a semidomesticated subspecies of Rangifer, and there are many subspecies of both reindeer and caribou in Alaska," writes University of Alaska. Humans began to domesticate caribou ...

1. B: Reindeer are a subspecies of caribou. 2. A: Eight of the 10 peaks in the Christmas Mountains in New Brunswick are named Mount Dasher, Mount Dancer, Mount Prancer, Mount Vixen, Mount Comet ...

Rudolph may have less and less companions to join him in playing "reindeer games." A new study in the Journal for Nature Conservation found that reindeer populations are falling fast. The study ...

Santa’s reindeer are most likely R. tarandus platyrhynchus, a subspecies in Svalbard. It’s not always easy to tell the sex of a reindeer. Santa’s reindeer may or may not be female.