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Rangiferini

Mammalia - Cervidae

Taxonomy
Rangiferini is a tribe. It is extant.

It was assigned to Capreolinae by Grubb (2000); and to Telemetacarpalia by Hassanin and Douzery (2003).

Subtaxa
Rangifer

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Rangiferini Grubb p. 302
2003Rangiferini Hassanin and Douzery p. 223

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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
tribeRangiferini

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.

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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 montanus Seton-Thompson 1899
Invalid names: Rangifer arcticus mcguirei Figgins 1919 [synonym]
Rangifer fennicus Lönnberg 1909
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Rangifer tarandus Linnaeus 1758 [reindeer]
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Invalid names: Rangifer muscatinensis Leidy 1879 [synonym]
Rangifer tarandus sibiricus von Schreber 1784
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999

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 (139 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene15.97 - 0.781Netherlands Rangifer tarandus (189573)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Washington) Rangifer sp. (20062)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Greenland Rangifer tarandus (227054)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Canada (Yukon) Rangifer sp. (74472)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Russian Federation (Respublika Saha (Jakutija)) Rangifer sp. (48580)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Netherlands Rangifer tarandus (189574)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Germany (Thüringen) Rangifer tarandus (45067 45069 45072)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Canada (Alberta) Rangifer caribou (174511) Rangifer tarandus (190079)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Germany (Weisbaden) Rangifer arcticus (34400)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Germany (Thuringia) Rangifer tarandus (22728)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Wales) Rangifer tarandus (34940)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) Rangifer sp. (198005)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Belgium Rangifer tarandus (34127)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Canada (British Columbia) Rangifer sp. (108794)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (New Jersey) Rangifer sp. (65469)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Germany (North Rhine) Rangifer sp. (34536)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Alaska) Rangifer sp. (20277 20297 20346 20393)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3Canada (Yukon) Rangifer tarandus (20434)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Iowa) Rangifer sp. (20556)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Romania Rangifer sp. (40262)
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 (Rheinland-Pfalz) Rangifer tarandus (43017)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (South Carolina) Rangifer tarandus (80233)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Niedersachsen) Rangifer tarandus (50247)
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 - 0.0117Canada (Yukon) Rangifer tarandus (73691)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Rangifer tarandus (84189)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Rangifer tarandus (84181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) Rangifer sp. (63403 198003 198004 200642 200643)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) Rangifer sp. (93677)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation (Yakutia) Rangifer sp. (13471)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation (Respublika Saha (Jakutija)) Rangifer tarandus (48587 48592)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Hungary (Barany) Rangifer sp. (197461)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Idaho) Rangifer tarandus (20569)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Norway Rangifer tarandus (73689 227340 227463)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Rangifer tarandus (103358 104666 104676)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alaska) Rangifer tarandus (93339 93555)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Montana) Rangifer tarandus (162130)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greenland Rangifer tarandus (162544 227031)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France Rangifer tarandus (43630)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Ohio) Rangifer tarandus (93334)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom Rangifer tarandus (93837)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Nunavut) Rangifer tarandus (73701)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Illinois) Rangifer muscatinensis (93486)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands Rangifer tarandus (82530 109703)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Poitou-Charentes) Rangifer tarandus (43628 43629 43631 43632)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Yukon) Rangifer tarandus (20626)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Rangifer tarandus (93332)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Northwest Territories) Rangifer tarandus (73726)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Monaco Rangifer tarandus (191719)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Alberta) Rangifer sp., Rangifer tarandus (20615)
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 (Yukon) Rangifer tarandus (228443)
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 (Manitoba) Rangifer tarandus (229538)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Rangifer tarandus (73725 228444 228492 228921 228924)
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 - 0.0USA (Maine) Rangifer caribou (176524)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Rangifer tarandus (224189 228766 228861)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greenland (Qeqertasussuk) Rangifer tarandus (187755)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Alaska) Rangifer tarandus (92955 93337 220460)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Massachusetts) Rangifer caribou (176525)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Russian Federation Rangifer tarandus (175940 175941 175942)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Newfoundland) Rangifer tarandus (228844 228845)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Michigan) Rangifer sp. (200644) Rangifer tarandus (63402)