Show reindeer Is held unique among the deer family the reindeer is unique among deer in that the female like the male carries antlers anglers ant lers although they are smaller it also differs from most deer in having young without spots writes ernst schwarz in na mature magazine the reindeer is the only deer that has become attached to man and has been domesticated the range of the reindeer the n name ame being here used in its broadest sense includes the arctic portions of both the old and the new worlds in america it is called the caribou it is found in scandinavia spitzbergen Spitz bergen northern russia siberia as well as in alaska most of canada greenland and other arctic islands during the great ice age reindeer were forced much farther south in france and germany their meat provided a staple food for paleolithic man and their antlers anglers and bones the material tor for his tools and weapons some of the rock engravings grav ings left in the caves of western europe by prehistoric man include beautiful representations of this animal |