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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
—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
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-09-22 12:03:17
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.806 Ma

Collections (114 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene15.97 - 0.781Netherlands Rangifer tarandus (189573)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Greenland Rangifer tarandus (227054)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Netherlands Rangifer tarandus (189574)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Germany (Thüringen) Rangifer tarandus (45067 45069 45072)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Belgium Rangifer tarandus (34127)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Germany (Weisbaden) Rangifer arcticus (34400)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Wales) Rangifer tarandus (34940)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Canada (Alberta) Rangifer tarandus (190079)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Germany (Thuringia) Rangifer tarandus (22728)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3Canada (Yukon) Rangifer tarandus (20434)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Russian Federation (Respublika Saha (Jakutija)) Rangifer tarandus (48581)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Rangifer tarandus (50257)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Niedersachsen) Rangifer tarandus (50247)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Rangifer tarandus (43017)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (South Carolina) Rangifer tarandus (80233)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117France (Poitou-Charentes) Rangifer tarandus (43617 43618)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (South Carolina) Rangifer tarandus (207001)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Illinois) Rangifer muscatinensis (93486)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Ohio) Rangifer tarandus (93334)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Idaho) Rangifer tarandus (20569)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Rangifer tarandus (93332)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Norway Rangifer tarandus (73689 227340 227463)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands Rangifer tarandus (82530 109703)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom Rangifer tarandus (93837)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation (Respublika Saha (Jakutija)) Rangifer tarandus (48587 48592)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Alberta) Rangifer tarandus (20615)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Northwest Territories) Rangifer tarandus (73726)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Yukon) Rangifer tarandus (20626)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Nunavut) Rangifer tarandus (73701)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alaska) Rangifer tarandus (93339 93555)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Rangifer tarandus (84189)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greenland Rangifer tarandus (162544 227031)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France Rangifer tarandus (43630)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Monaco Rangifer tarandus (191719)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Rangifer tarandus (103358 104666 104676)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Montana) Rangifer tarandus (162130)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Yukon) Rangifer tarandus (73691)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Rangifer tarandus (84181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Poitou-Charentes) Rangifer tarandus (43628 43629 43631 43632)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0North Atlantic Cervus tarandus (102954)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Rangifer tarandus (104044)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Wisconsin) Rangifer tarandus (190060)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Rangifer tarandus (224189 228766 228861)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Yukon) Rangifer tarandus (228443)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Newfoundland) Rangifer tarandus (228844 228845)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Manitoba) Rangifer tarandus (229538)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Michigan) Rangifer tarandus (63402)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Russian Federation Rangifer tarandus (175940 175941 175942)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) Rangifer tarandus (73723 160848 228756 228757 228765 228895 228896 228897 228898 228899 228919 228920 228927 228928 229484 229489 229645 229646)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greenland Rangifer tarandus (162014 162115 162545 162551 162552 162555 162560 162570 226353 227758 227817 227828 229885 229938 229939 229940 229941 229942 229943 230120)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Rangifer tarandus (73725 228444 228492 228921 228924)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greenland (Qeqertasussuk) Rangifer tarandus (187755)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Alaska) Rangifer tarandus (92955 93337 220460)