Rangifer tarandus caribou Gmelin 1788 (North American woodland caribou)
Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Alternative combinations: Cervus tarandus caribou, Rangifer caribou
Belongs to Rangifer tarandus according to N. J. C. Tyler et al. 2025
See also Harding 2022 and Hay 1902
Sister taxa: Rangifer tarandus caboti, Rangifer tarandus dawsoni, Rangifer tarandus fennicus, Rangifer tarandus granti, Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus, Rangifer tarandus osborni, Rangifer tarandus pearyi, Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus, Rangifer tarandus sibiricus, Rangifer tarandus tarandus, Rangifer tarandus terranovae, Rangifer tarandus valentinae
Subtaxa: Rangifer caribou caribou
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (1: Alberta collection), United States (2: Maine, Massachusetts)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence