Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Alternative combination: Cervus tarandus
Synonym: Rangifer muscatinensis Leidy 1879
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Rangifer according to L. E. Harding 2022
See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Albright et al. 2019, Anderson and White 1975, Boule and De Villeneuve 1927, Hay 1902, Kurten and Anderson 1980 and Thomas 1911
Sister taxa: Rangifer arcticus, Rangifer caribou, Rangifer fennicus, Rangifer groenlandicus, Rangifer platyrhynchus
Subtaxa: Rangifer tarandus sibiricus Rangifer tarandus tarandus
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Belgium (1 collection), Canada (37: Alberta, Manitoba, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, Yukon), France (7), Germany (8), Greenland (24), Monaco (1), the Netherlands (3), North Atlantic (1), Norway (3), the Russian Federation (6), the United Kingdom (2), United States (20: Alabama, Alaska, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Michigan, Montana, Ohio, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin)
• Miocene to Pleistocene of the Netherlands (1)
Total: 114 collections each including a single occurrence
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