Reindeers

Reindeers are part of the Deee family and are plant eaters. They have a life span of around 12 years.

Reindeer are often used in works of Christmas-related fiction, as Santa Claus' sleigh is said to be pulled by flying reindeer. These were first named in the 1823 poem A Visit from St. Nicholas, where they are called Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Dunder and Blixem. Dunder was later changed to Donder and in other works Donner, and Blixem was later changed to Blitzen.

Reindeer are found throughout Norway and Iceland and the northern parts of Sweden and Finland; at Spitsbergen; in European parts of Russia including Northern Russia and Novaya Zemlya; in the Asian parts of Russia, to the Pacific Ocean; in North America (where it is called the caribou) on Greenland, Canada and Alaska.

Reindeers are excellent swimmers. Both male and female Reindeers have horns.



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