Rangifer

See also: rangifer and rangífer

Translingual

Rangifer tarandus

Etymology

From Latin rangifer (“reindeer”). Coined by British artist and naturalist Charles Hamilton Smith in 1828.

Pronunciation

• English: IPA^(key): /ˈrændʒɪfəɹ/

Proper noun

Rangifer m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cervidae – reindeer or caribou.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Artiodactyla - order; Cervidae - family; Capreolinae - subfamily; Rangiferini - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Rangifer tarandus - sole accepted extant species

References

• Reindeer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Rangifer on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Rangifer on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Rangifer at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• “Rangifer”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.