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Rangifer tarandus (reindeer)

Mammalia - Cervidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Cervus tarandus Linnaeus
1879Rangifer muscatinensis Leidy
1902Rangifer tarandus Hay p. 686
1911Rangifer tarandus Thomas p. 151
1927Rangifer tarandus Boule and De Villeneuve p. 40 figs. Pl 4, figs 1-3
1980Rangifer tarandus Kurten and Anderson p. 314
2008Rangifer tarandus Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 978 figs. Fig. 5
2019Rangifer tarandus Albright et al. p. 188
2022Rangifer tarandus Harding pp. 138 - 139

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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
speciestarandus()

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 tarandus Linnaeus 1758 [reindeer]
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Rangifer tarandus sibiricus von Schreber 1784
Invalid names: Rangifer muscatinensis Leidy 1879 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available