Interesting Facts
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Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
)
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
)
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
)
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
)
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
)
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
)
- (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
)
- (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
)
- McKenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
)
- McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
)
- McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
)
- (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
)
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
)
- (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
)
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
)
- (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Ungulata
(
)
- (C. Linnaeus, 1766) McKenna, 1975
- Mirorder:
Eparctocyona
(
)
- McKenna, 1975
- Order:
Artiodactyla
(
)
- Owen, 1848
- Suborder:
Ruminantia
(
)
- Scopoli, 1777
- Superfamily:
Cervoidea
(
)
- (Goldfuss, 1820) Hay, 1930
- Family:
Cervidae
(
)
- (Goldfuss, 1820) Gray, 1821
- Subfamily:
Odocoileinae
(
)
- Tribe:
Odocoileini
(
)
- Genus:
Rangifer
(
)
- C.H. Smith, in Griffith et al., 1827
- Specific name:
montanus
- Subspecies:
selousi
- Scientific name: - Rangifer montanus selousi Barclay 1935
- Subspecies:
selousi
- Specific name:
montanus
- Genus:
Rangifer
(
- Tribe:
Odocoileini
(
- Subfamily:
Odocoileinae
(
- Family:
Cervidae
(
- Superfamily:
Cervoidea
(
- Suborder:
Ruminantia
(
- Order:
Artiodactyla
(
- Mirorder:
Eparctocyona
(
- Grandorder:
Ungulata
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Rangifer
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 8 species and subspecies in this genus:
R. tarandus (Peary Caribou) · R. tarandus caribou (Caribou) · R. tarandus dawsoni (Dawson Caribou) · R. tarandus eogroenlandicus (East Greenland Caribou) · R. tarandus groenlandicus (Barren-Ground Caribou) · R. tarandus pearyi (Peary Caribou) · R. tarandus sylvestris (Caribou) · R. tarandus tarundus (Caribou)
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Further Reading
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- Publications in zoology = Publications en zoologie. Ottawa: National Museums of Canada, National Museum of Natural Sciences, 1970-1982. url p. 163, p. 177.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed March 27, 2012.
Identifiers
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2186018
