found this on the net:
Santa’s reindeer may or may not be female.
Since reindeer shed their antlers at different points of the year based on their sex and age, we know that Santa’s reindeer probably aren't older males, because older male reindeer lose their antlers in December and Christmas reindeer are always depicted with their antlers. That means Santa’s sled either has to be pulled by young reindeer, constantly replaced as they start to age, or Santa’s reindeer are female. Do you want to imagine a rotating crop of sleigh pullers or an all-female lineup? It’s up to you.
I think not, though I suppose you could say reindeer is a word for a small caribou
(they're just the same species, but American caribou are generally bigger than Eurasian reindeer).
A baby reindeer is a calf. But otherwise, English has managed without much reindeer vocabulary,
as we haven't had native reindeer in Britain for a very long time.
Compare Saami - this fascinating paper reviews an amazing range of terms
for different sex, age, size, colour, coat, behaviour, whether with or without calves, size and form of antlers etc. etc.,
http://www.arcticlanguages.com/papers/Magga_Reindeer_and_Snow.pdf
concludes that the total number of different words would be well over 1000
One I pick out is biltu “shy and wild one (usually of female reindeer; sometimes of girls)”
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