Contact information
Coordinating beneficiary
Metsähallitus Wildlife Service Finland
Project coordinator
Sakari Mykrä
sakari.mykra[at]metsa.fi
+358 40 631 8527
Associated beneficiaries
Finnish Transport Agency
Natural Resources Institute Finland
Metsähallitus Forestry
Reindeer Herders' Association
Finnish Wildlife Agency
World Wide Fund for Nature Finland
Helsinki Zoo
Ranua Zoo
Ähtäri Zoo
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Wild forest reindeer
Latin name: Rangifer tarandus fennicus, a wild "cousin" of the reindeer
Range and numbers:
In Finland, 750 individuals in Kainuu and 1,450-1,500 in Suomenselkä
In Russian Karelia up to 2,400, with an estimated 1,500 in Arkhangelsk and 2,500 in Kom (the question of the taxonomic status of wild reindeer of Arkhangelsk province and Komi Republic is open and requires special research). See range map.
Conservation status in Finland: Near Threatened (NT)
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