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Reindeer have more prominent and denser antlers than whitetail deer. However, the critical difference is in sexual dimorphism. Female reindeer have antlers, while female whitetail deer don’t.
When male reindeer shed their antlers in early to mid-winter, the antlered cows acquire the highest ranks in the feeding hierarchy, gaining access to the best forage areas. These cows are healthier than those without antlers. [135] Calves whose mothers do not have antlers are more prone to disease and have a significantly higher mortality. [135]
However, both male and female reindeer grow antlers. There are rare cases in other deer species in which the females grow little antlers, but this is usually a result of abnormal hormone levels.
Female reindeer grow antlers that are significantly smaller than their male counterparts. Male reindeer grow antlers as long as 50 inches after multiple seasons of shedding.
Antler comes from the Old French antoillier (see present French : "Andouiller", from ant-, meaning before, oeil, meaning eye and-ier, a suffix indicating an action or state of being) [3] [4] possibly from some form of an unattested Latin word *anteocularis, "before the eye" [5] (and applied to the word for "branch" or "horn" [4]).
Native to the Arctic region, reindeer are one of the staples for the survival of arctic people, used for transportation, food, and clothing for generations. There are around 7 million reindeer ...
English: I found these antlers while walking in an Oklahoma field, on November 7, 2022. The base was bloody red, indicating that this particular deer probably cast them not long before I spotted them.
Among deer species, reindeer antlers are the largest, and they are also unique in that they are present on both male and female reindeer. Every year, reindeer antlers shed their old antlers to ...