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Rangifer tarandus caribou (Gmelin, 1788)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SUBSPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Artiodactyla
family
Cervidae
genus
Rangifer
species
Rangifer tarandus

Name

Homonyms
Rangifer tarandus caribou (Gmelin, 1788)
Common names
Boreal Caribou in English
Boreal Woodland Caribou in English
Boskariboe in Dutch
Kanadisches Waldkaribu in German
Montane Caribou in English
Mountain Caribou in English
Renifer kanadyjski in Polish
Skogskaribu in Norwegian Bokmål
Woodland Caribou (Boreal) in English
caribou des bois in French
erdei karibu in Hungarian
sob karibu in Czech
woodland caribou in English
woodland caribou in English
woodland caribou in English
лесной северный олень in Russian
رنة الجبال in Arabic
رنة الغابات in Arabic
北美馴鹿 in Chinese

Bibliographic References

  1. Burgin, Connor J., Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier, Anthony B. Rylands, et al., 2020: null. Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 2. Eulipotyphla to Carnivora. 535.
  2. Hall, E. Raymond, 1981: null. The Mammals of North America, vols. I and II, 2nd ed.. 1181.
  3. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1983: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination of Endangered Status for the Population of Woodland Caribou Found in Washington, Idaho, and Southern British Columbia. Federal Register, vol. 48, no. 207. 49245-49249.
  4. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 2000: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 90-Day Finding for a Petition To Delist the Woodland Caribou. Federal Register, vol. 65, no. 212. 65287-65288.
  5. Wilson, D. E., and R. A. Mittermeier, eds., 2011: null. Handbook of the Mammals of the World, vol. 2: Hoofed Mammals. 885.
  6. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  7. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
  8. Wilson, Don E., and Sue Ruff, eds., 1999: null. The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals. xxv + 750.
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