Forest reindeer

(Rangifer tarandus fennicus) The reindeer is the only deer species where both the female and the male carry antlers. The forest reindeer is a subspecies of the mountain reindeer. It is adapted for life in the large forest. It has considerably longer legs, broader hooves, and a narrower antler crown than the mountain reindeer. The wild reindeer was exterminated in our country in the 1860s. It was protected 50 years later (1915). Lives in smaller herds. “Swedish reindeer” are nowadays domesticated reindeer, kept by the Sami people.