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Taxonomy
Cervus tarandus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.
It was recombined as Rangifer tarandus by Hay (1902), Thomas (1911), Boule and De Villeneuve (1927), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008), Albright et al. (2019) and Harding (2022).
It was recombined as Rangifer tarandus by Hay (1902), Thomas (1911), Boule and De Villeneuve (1927), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008), Albright et al. (2019) and Harding (2022).
Subspecies
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1758 | Cervus tarandus Linnaeus |
1879 | Rangifer muscatinensis Leidy |
1902 | Rangifer tarandus Hay p. 686 |
1911 | Rangifer tarandus Thomas p. 151 |
1927 | Rangifer tarandus Boule and De Villeneuve p. 40 figs. Pl 4, figs 1-3 |
1980 | Rangifer tarandus Kurten and Anderson p. 314 |
2008 | Rangifer tarandus Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 978 figs. Fig. 5 |
2019 | Rangifer tarandus Albright et al. p. 188 |
2022 | Rangifer tarandus Harding pp. 138 - 139 |
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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.
Rangifer tarandus Linnaeus 1758 [reindeer]
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Rangifer tarandus tarandus Trouessart 1898
Invalid names: Rangifer muscatinensis Leidy 1879 [synonym]
Rangifer tarandus sibiricus von Schreber 1784
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Nowak 1991 |
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
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 |
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Middle Miocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Netherlands | Rangifer tarandus (189573) | |
Gelasian | Greenland | Rangifer tarandus (227054) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Netherlands | Rangifer tarandus (189574) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Germany (Thüringen) | Rangifer tarandus (45067 45069 45072) | |
Pleistocene | Canada (Alberta) | Rangifer tarandus (190079) | |
Pleistocene | Germany (Thuringia) | Rangifer tarandus (22728) | |
Pleistocene | Germany (Weisbaden) | Rangifer arcticus (34400) | |
Pleistocene | Belgium | Rangifer tarandus (34127) | |
Pleistocene | United Kingdom (Wales) | Rangifer tarandus (34940) | |
Irvingtonian | Canada (Yukon) | Rangifer tarandus (20434) | |
Middle Pleistocene | USA (South Carolina) | Rangifer tarandus (80233) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) | Rangifer tarandus (43017) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) | Rangifer tarandus (50257) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Russian Federation (Respublika Saha (Jakutija)) | Rangifer tarandus (48581) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Germany (Niedersachsen) | Rangifer tarandus (50247) | |
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | France (Poitou-Charentes) | Rangifer tarandus (43617 43618) | |
Rancholabrean | USA (South Carolina) | Rangifer tarandus (207001) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Rangifer tarandus (103358 104666 104676) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Monaco | Rangifer tarandus (191719) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | France | Rangifer tarandus (43630) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | France (Poitou-Charentes) | Rangifer tarandus (43628 43629 43631 43632) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Alabama) | Rangifer tarandus (84181) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Canada (Yukon) | Rangifer tarandus (73691) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Montana) | Rangifer tarandus (162130) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Canada (Yukon) | Rangifer tarandus (20626) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Rangifer tarandus (73726) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greenland | Rangifer tarandus (162544 227031) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Georgia) | Rangifer tarandus (84189) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Alaska) | Rangifer tarandus (93339 93555) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Canada (Nunavut) | Rangifer tarandus (73701) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | United Kingdom | Rangifer tarandus (93837) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Canada (Alberta) | Rangifer tarandus (20615) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Russian Federation (Respublika Saha (Jakutija)) | Rangifer tarandus (48587 48592) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Idaho) | Rangifer tarandus (20569) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Ohio) | Rangifer tarandus (93334) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Illinois) | Rangifer muscatinensis (93486) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Netherlands | Rangifer tarandus (82530 109703) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Norway | Rangifer tarandus (73689 227340 227463) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (West Virginia) | Rangifer tarandus (93332) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Wisconsin) | Rangifer tarandus (190060) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Virginia) | Rangifer tarandus (104044) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | North Atlantic | Cervus tarandus (102954) | |
Holocene | USA (Alaska) | Rangifer tarandus (92955 93337 220460) | |
Holocene | Greenland (Qeqertasussuk) | Rangifer tarandus (187755) | |
Holocene | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Rangifer tarandus (73725 228444 228492 228921 228924) | |
Holocene | Canada (Nunavut) | Rangifer tarandus (73723 160848 228756 228757 228765 228895 228896 228897 228898 228899 228919 228920 228927 228928 229484 229489 229645 229646) | |
Holocene | Greenland | Rangifer tarandus (162014 162115 162545 162551 162552 162555 162560 162570 226353 227758 227817 227828 229885 229938 229939 229940 229941 229942 229943 230120) | |
Holocene | Canada (Newfoundland) | Rangifer tarandus (228844 228845) | |
Holocene | Canada (Yukon) | Rangifer tarandus (228443) | |
Holocene | Canada (Quebec) | Rangifer tarandus (224189 228766 228861) | |
Holocene | Russian Federation | Rangifer tarandus (175940 175941 175942) | |
Holocene | USA (Michigan) | Rangifer tarandus (63402) | |
Holocene | Canada (Manitoba) | Rangifer tarandus (229538) |