Rangifer Hamilton-Smith 1827 (reindeer)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Cervidae

Parent taxon: Rangiferini according to A. Hassanin and E. J. P. Douzery 2003

See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Albright et al. 2019, Alroy 2002, Carroll 1988, Grubb 2000, Hay 1902, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Schultz and Howard 1935, Shoshani et al. 1989, Webb 1992 and Wilson 1967

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Rangifer arcticus Rangifer tarandus

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Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Belgium (1 collection), Canada (40: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, Yukon), France (7), Germany (8), Greenland (24), Hungary (1), Monaco (1), the Netherlands (3), North Atlantic (1), Norway (3), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (8), the United Kingdom (2), United States (36: Alabama, Alaska, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, New Jersey, Ohio, South Carolina, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin)

• Blancan of United States (1: Washington)

• Miocene to Pleistocene of the Netherlands (1)

Total: 138 collections including 139 occurrences

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