Animals / Mammal

Reindeer

Rangifer tarandus · Cervidae

The reindeer or caribou is a species of deer with circumpolar distribution, native to Arctic, subarctic, tundra, boreal, and mountainous regions of Northern Europe, Siberia, and North America. It is the only representative of the genus Rangifer. More recent studies suggest the splitting of reindeer and caribou.

Where the Reindeer lives

Recorded in Norway, United States of America, Canada, Sweden, Finland and Russia (Europe and North America).

Introduced, not native, in Iceland.

Most records fall in Sogn og Fjordane, Oppland, Norrbotten, Hedmark, Sør-Trøndelag and Jämtland.

See the Reindeer’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Vulnerable (VU). At risk: it could become endangered. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 62,965 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.