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Rangifer C.H.Smith, 1827

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Artiodactyla
family
Cervidae
genus
Rangifer

Name

Synonyms
Achlis Reichenbach, 1845
Procerus Serres, 1832
Procervus Blainville, 1840
Rangifer Frisch, 1775
Tarandus Billberg, 1828
Tarandus Gray, 1825
Homonyms
Rangifer C.H.Smith, 1827
Rangifer Gistl, 1848
Rangifer Frisch, 1775
Common names
caribou in English
caribou in English
reindeer in English
reindeer in English
reindeer in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
  2. Griffiths' Cuvier, Anim. Kingd., Mamm., Syn.
  3. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 91 Thirty-five generic names of Mammals placed on the Official List of Generic Names.Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 73(4), 1 (1926)
  4. Neave, S. A. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
  5. Neave, S. A. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
  6. SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997
  7. SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB
  8. Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.
  9. Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.
  10. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  11. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
  12. Wilson, E. & Reeder, M. (1900-01-01 00:00:00) Mammal Species of the World. A taxonomic and geographic reference
  13. as per family
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