Tendons and ligaments of the Rangifer tarandus metapodial and hoof

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Hull, Emily, Semeniuk, Mitchell, Puolakka, Hanna-Leena, Kynkäänniemi, Sanna-Mari, Niinimäki, Sirpa
• Other Authors: University of Alberta Northern Research Award, European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, The University of Oulu & The Academy of Finland Profi4, University of Oulu including Oulu University Hospital
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2021
• Subjects: General Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Pillar; caribou; Polar Biology; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00300-021-02919-z; https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00300-021-02919-z.pdf; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00300-021-02919-z/fulltext.html

Abstract Rangifer tarandus , the northern species including both reindeer and caribou, is a pillar of northern ecosystems and the lives of northern peoples. As the only domestic cervid, reindeer are important not only to the herders and hunters who presently interact with them, but also to zooarchae...