2007-12-03 07:48:19 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
In the US and Canada, reindeer is the name usually given to the domestic subspecies of the caribou, Rangifer tarandus.
In the Old World (Europe), both wild and domestic forms are called reindeer.
I.e. it's the same species.
2007-12-03 08:13:11 · answer #1 · answered by Calimecita 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is no difference. They are the same species, Rangifer tarandus. It's just that their common name in North America is caribou, and in Europe it's reindeer.
2007-12-03 08:23:40 · answer #2 · answered by The Wise Wolf 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Reindeer can fly
2007-12-03 09:00:59 · answer #3 · answered by Bill C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think there is much of a difference. I think they are the same only one lives in America and the other lives in Europe, I think.
2007-12-03 07:55:28 · answer #4 · answered by skeet monroe 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.taiga.net/yourYukon/col061.html
2007-12-03 07:52:58 · answer #5 · answered by sirzerty 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋