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Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus (Borowski, 1780)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 898935

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Subspecies
	Synonym(s):	Rangifer tarandus granti J. A. Allen, 1902
		Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus (Linnaeus, 1767)
		Rangifer tarandus arcticus (Richardson, 1829)
		Rangifer tarandus excelsifrons Hollister, 1912
		Rangifer tarandus grewensis (Blainville, 1822)
		Rangifer tarandus ramosus (Blainville, 1822)
	Common Name(s):	barren-ground caribou [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

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	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Tetrapoda
	Class	Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals
	Subclass	Theria Parker and Haswell, 1897
	Infraclass	Eutheria Gill, 1872
	Order	Artiodactyla Owen, 1848 – artiodactyls, porco do mato, veado, cloven-hoofed ungulates, even-toed ungulates
	Family	Cervidae Goldfuss, 1820 – cervids, caribou, deer, moose, wapiti
	Subfamily	Capreolinae Brookes, 1828
	Genus	Rangifer C. H. Smith, 1827 – caribou, reindeer
	Species	Rangifer tarandus (Linnaeus, 1758) – reindeer, caribou, caribou, Reindeer
	Subspecies	Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus (Borowski, 1780) – barren-ground caribou

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	Author(s)/Editor(s):	U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
	Publication Date:	2011
	Article/Chapter Title:	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 90-Day Finding on a Petition To List the Peary Caribou and Dolphin and Union Population of the Barren-Ground Caribou as Endangered or Threatened
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Federal Register, vol. 76, no. 65
	Page(s):	18701-18706
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	Reference for:	Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus, barren-ground caribou [English]

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
	Publication Date:	2005
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	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2
	Page(s):	2142
	Publisher:	Johns Hopkins University Press
	Publication Place:	Baltimore, Maryland, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-8018-8221-4
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	Reference for:	Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus

Geographic Information


	Geographic Division:	North America

	Jurisdiction/Origin:	Canada, Native

Comments


	Comment:	US ESA: Petition to list as threatened or endangered the Dolphin and Union population substantial and initiating status review according to 90-day petition finding, as published in Federal Register Volume 76, Number 65, Pages 18701 - 18706, April 05, 2011

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