The Finnish forest reindeer is a subspecies of reindeer and a relative of the semi-domesticated reindeer. It has longer legs, broader cloven hooves and narrower antlers than the semi-domesticated reindeer that live on the open tundra. The Finnish forest reindeer on the other hand is a fully wild animal. As the name implies, it prefers forest habitats. They were once common in nearly all of Finland, but excessive hunting caused a local extinction a century ago. However, they survived in Russian Karelia, and some of them crossed the border back into Finland and into the Kainuu region.
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