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Taxonomy
Rangifer was named by Hamilton-Smith (1827). It is extant.
It was assigned to Cervinae by Hay (1902); to Rangiferini by Grubb (2000) and Hassanin and Douzery (2003); to Odocoileinae by Kurten and Anderson (1980), Webb (1992) and Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008); and to Cervidae by Hamilton-Smith (1827), Schultz and Howard (1935), Wilson (1967), Carroll (1988), Shoshani et al. (1989) and Albright et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Cervinae by Hay (1902); to Rangiferini by Grubb (2000) and Hassanin and Douzery (2003); to Odocoileinae by Kurten and Anderson (1980), Webb (1992) and Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008); and to Cervidae by Hamilton-Smith (1827), Schultz and Howard (1935), Wilson (1967), Carroll (1988), Shoshani et al. (1989) and Albright et al. (2019).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1827 | Rangifer Hamilton-Smith |
| 1902 | Rangifer Hay p. 686 |
| 1935 | Rangifer Schultz and Howard p. 287 |
| 1967 | Rangifer Wilson p. 219 |
| 1980 | Rangifer Kurten and Anderson p. 310 |
| 1988 | Rangifer Carroll |
| 1989 | Rangifer Shoshani et al. p. 436 |
| 1992 | Rangifer Webb p. 409 |
| 2000 | Rangifer Grubb p. 302 |
| 2003 | Rangifer Hassanin and Douzery p. 212 |
| 2008 | Rangifer Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 978 figs. Fig. 5 |
| 2019 | Rangifer Albright et al. p. 188 |
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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.
G. Rangifer Hamilton-Smith 1827 [reindeer]
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Rangifer arcticus Richardson 1829
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†Rangifer arcticus dawsoni Seton-Thompson 1899
Rangifer arcticus fortidens Hollister 1912
Rangifer arcticus granti Allen 1902
Rangifer arcticus montanus Seton-Thompson 1899
Rangifer arcticus osborni Allen 1902
Rangifer arcticus pearyi Allen 1908
Rangifer arcticus stonei Allen 1901
Invalid names: Rangifer arcticus mcguirei Figgins 1919 [synonym]
Rangifer arcticus arcticus Richardson 1829
Rangifer caribou Gmelin 1788
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Rangifer caribou caboti Allen 1914
Rangifer caribou terraenovae Allen 1896
Rangifer caribou caribou Gmelin 1788
Rangifer fennicus valentinae Flerov 1933
Rangifer groenlandicus Gmelin 1788
Rangifer platyrhynchus Vrolik 1829
Rangifer tarandus Linnaeus 1758 [reindeer]
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Rangifer tarandus sibiricus von Schreber 1784
Invalid names: Rangifer muscatinensis Leidy 1879 [synonym]
Rangifer tarandus tarandus Trouessart 1898
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available