Rangifer (original) (raw)

Rangifer tarandus

Familia: Cervidae
Subfamilia: Capreolinae
Tribus: Odocoileini
Genus: Rangifer
Species (1): R. tarandus

Rangifer Smith, 1827: 304 [conserved name]

• Type species: Cervus tarandus Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent designation by Elliot (1901).
• Gender: masculine.
• Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 91 (1926: 2) and Direction 24 (1955: 222).
• Smith, C.H. 1827. Order VII.—Ruminantia. Pecora, Lin. In: Cuvier, G.L. 1827. A synopsis of the species of the class Mammalia. The animal kingdom: arranged in conformity with its organization 5: 296–376. BHL Reference page.
• International Commisision on Zoological Nomenclature. 1926. Opinion 91. Thirty-five generic names of Mammals placed on the Official List of Generic Names. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 73(4): 1–2. BHL Reference page.
• International Commisision on Zoological Nomenclature 1955. Direction 24. Completion of the entries relating to the names of certain genera in the class Mammalia made on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology in the period up to the end of 1936. Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1C: 219–246. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

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• Harding, L.E. 2022. Available names for Rangifer (Mammalia, Artiodactyla, Cervidae) species and subspecies. Zookeys 1119ː 117–151. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1119.80233 Reference page.