Project on Physical Science

1. Project on Natural
Sciences
Description of vertebrate animal: Reindeer
Vagelis Tsaklas
ST2
3rd
Primary School of Agia Paraskevi
January 2015

2. SYSTEMATIC CLASSIFICATION
Kingdom: Animals (Animalia)
Phylum: chordoma
(Mammalia) Order: Artiodactyla
(Artiodactyla) Family: Cervids
(Cervidae) Gender: Reindeer
(Chordata) The classes:
Mammals
(Rangifer) Genre: R. tarandus
RAINDEERS

3. HABITAT
REINDEERS LIVE IN SCANDINAVIA, IN THE
EUROPEAN RUSSIA, IN NORTH RUSSIA,
IN THE ASIAN RUSSIA, IN NORTH AMERICA,
GREENLAND, IN CANADA AND IN ALASKA.

4. DIET
FEED ON:
•GRASS
•FYTRES
•LICHENS
•They are
herbivores

5. ENEMIES
WOLF
HYENAS

6. ENEMIES
Humans
Grizzly bear

7. Special Characteristics
• Ηorns
• Lives in arctic areas

8. SOURCES
• WIKIPEDIA
• ENCYCLOPEDIA NEA DOMI
• INTERNET