Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus

Translingual edit

 
R. t. platyrhynchus (Svalbard reindeer)

Etymology edit

From Latin rangifer (reindeer) + Ancient Greek τάρανδος (tárandos, reindeer) + πλατύς (platús, wide, flat) + ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, snout).

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Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus m

  1. A taxonomic subspecies within the family Cervidae – the Svalbard reindeer.

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