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Rangifer arcticus

Mammalia - Cervidae

Taxonomy
Cervus tarandus arctica was named by Richardson (1829). It is extant.

It was recombined as Rangifer arcticus by Crile and Quiring (1940) and Harding (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Cervus tarandus arctica Richardson
1940Rangifer arcticus Crile and Quiring p. 251
2022Rangifer arcticus Harding p. 137

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
familyCervidae
—Telemetacarpalia
tribeRangiferini
genusRangiferHamilton-Smith 1827
speciesarcticus(Richardson 1829)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Rangifer arcticus Richardson 1829
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†Rangifer arcticus dawsoni Seton-Thompson 1899
Rangifer arcticus montanus Seton-Thompson 1899
Invalid names: Rangifer arcticus mcguirei Figgins 1919 [synonym]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available