Amanda
Hernádez
Our Lady of Angels Schools
Reindeer are
mammals, travel in herds and live between the coastal
Arctic and the tundra.
A male reindeer is called a buck or a stag and a
female is called a doe.
A stag is about three feet tall and can reach up
to six feet in length.
A doe is smaller than the stag.
Unlike other types of deer, both the stag and the
doe reindeer have antlers.
Reindeer have
brown fur. In
the winter their fur is light and in the summer it is
dark. They
have white fur under their neck, on their hooves and
around their tail area.
They have large hooves that help them walk in the
snow. They
can run as fast as 32 miles per hour.
Reindeer also have
unique hairs that help them float in the water.
They are strong swimmers and can even swim in icy
waters.
These mammals are
vegetarian and like to eat leaves, herbs, lichens and
mushrooms. Their
mating season is during autumn.
Stags make “belling-grunting” shouts to
attract the doe. When
two stags like the same doe, they may fight.
Sometimes they even fight with their antlers.
If their antlers get stuck while fighting, they
cannot separate and starve. |
