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Deer (singular and plural) are the ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae. The two main groups are the Cervinae, including the muntjac, the fallow deer and the chital, and the Capreolinae, including the elk, reindeer (caribou), the Western roe deer, and the Eurasian elk (moose). Female reindeer, and male deer of all species (except the Chinese water deer), grow and shed new antlers each year.
Fact #1. Reindeer and caribou are relatives of elk and other deer in the mammal group of even-toed hoofed animals called Artiodactyla by geeky scientists like me. Uniquely among the more than 45 species of deer, reindeer (caribou) of both sexes grow large antlers!Reindeer are a mostly-domesticated race of caribou.act #2. A circumpolar species, reindeer and caribou are found around the worldâs north. Greenland, Norway, Russia, Alaska, Canada, and the North Pole are all within the circumpolar Arctic range of these northern deer.