Talk:Reindeer

Reindeer was a Natural sciences good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
May 10, 2012	Good article nominee	Not listed

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Text and/or other creative content from Reindeer was copied or moved into Reindeer distribution with this edit on February 2, 2020. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists.

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Section sizes

Section size for Reindeer (48 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	3,765	3,765
Description	4,735	4,735
Status	12,212	12,212
Naming	4,948	4,948
Evolution	15,585	15,585
Taxonomy	16	18,490
Naming and research on museum collections	3,350	3,350
Biological exploration expeditions	1,150	1,150
Reclassification	5,357	13,974
Ecotypes	1,439	1,439
Genetic, molecular, and archaeological evidence	4,750	4,750
Novel genetics-based clades	2,428	2,428
Species and subspecies	29,413	29,413
Physical characteristics	219	29,856
Antlers	15,240	15,240
Pelt	3,184	3,184
Heat exchange	2,530	2,530
Hooves	2,407	2,407
Size	1,774	1,774
Clicking sound	1,874	1,874
Eyes	2,628	2,628
Biology and behaviors	28	12,653
Seasonal body composition	4,452	4,452
Reproduction and life cycle	2,588	2,588
Social structure, migration and range	5,585	5,585
Ecology	14	22,079
Distribution and habitat	7,935	7,935
Diet	5,381	5,381
Predators	5,881	5,881
Other threats	2,868	2,868
Conservation	19	7,163
Current status	4,984	4,984
Boreal woodland caribou	1,807	1,807
Peary caribou	353	353
Relationship with humans	8,275	40,355
Indigenous North Americans	7,003	7,003
Indigenous Eurasians	1,649	1,649
Husbandry	10,922	10,922
History	4,391	4,391
Santa Claus	1,034	1,034
Mythology and art	4,248	4,248
Heraldry and symbols	2,833	2,833
See also	193	193
Notes	26	26
References	35	35
Bibliography	517	517
External links	3,899	5,029
Caribou-specific links (North America)	1,130	1,130
Total	207,054	207,054

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