Reindeer are also known as caribou and are native to the arctic. Both males and females grow antlers.
The reindeer pulling Santa's sleigh were first named in the 1823 story, A Visit From Saint Nicholas. Rudolph was added in 1939 in
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.
Several Norwegian municipalities depict the reindeer in their coats of arms. The Canadian quarter bears a reindeer. The caribou is the official animal of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Reindeer meat is sold in supermarkets in Scandinavia. Ground up reindeer antlers are sold as an aphrodisiac in Asia.
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