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Rangifer tarandus tarandus

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Classification

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

Name

Synonyms
Cervus tarandus tarandus
Rangifer tarandus tarundus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Homonyms
Rangifer tarandus tarandus
Common names
caribou in English
caribou in English
fjällren in Swedish
euroasiatisk tundraren in Swedish
fjällvildren in Swedish
tundraren in Swedish

Bibliographic References

  1. Hall, E. Raymond, 1981: null. The Mammals of North America, vols. I and II, 2nd ed.. 1181.
  2. Wilson, D.M (eds) (2005) Mammal Species of the World. 3rd ed. The John Hopkins University Press. Baltimore.
  3. 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.
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