North deer is a cloven-hoofed mammal belonging to the family of deer.
The body length of a male reaches up to 220 cm, height 140 cm, weight 220 kg. Females are much smaller. Wool reindeer winter thick long with undercoat. In summer the coat is shorter and less, its color is grayish-brown. In winter, the coat lightens to almost white. Animal sheds once a year. The horns are the males and females, only females smaller. The horns are also replaced annually. Head small, ears short, rounded. Long legs end in hooves steady.
Reindeer can easily move, as in deep snow, and swamps. The deer developed hearing, sight, smell. They are well run and swim.
Reindeer inhabit the Northern region, the tundra, forest-tundra, taiga, mountainous regions. Kept in large herds.
In winter they feed on moss and twigs in the summer – grass, leaves, berries, mushrooms. Reindeer is constantly on the move. In the spring he returns from the forest to the tundra, so at this time, you can find food, so the deer fattened. In the fall they again go into the forest.
Born in may, one deer, which within 5 months, the female feeds milk. In the second year of life, the fawn becomes an adult. Mothers are very protective of their fawns.
The main enemies are wolves and people. Deer are easy to move, but it is difficult to have when spring melted snow covered by ice crust. At this time they often become the prey of the wolf. When the deer move from place to place in search of food, behind them followed by a pack of wolves. They attack the slow and weak deer.
Tame reindeer. For the reindeer herding peoples of the North is of great importance: from animals to get milk, horns, wool. The animal itself is unpretentious, as is grazing. But the herd constantly need to be kept under supervision, as wolves can do a lot of damage. Deer also have commercial value because its meat and hide.
Северный олень – это парнокопытное млекопитающее, относится к семейству оленевые.
