Rangifer tarandus

Summary

Rangifer tarandus is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.14% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,671 views/month, #274 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Rangifer tarandus's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Rangifer tarandus is classified at the rank of species^[4].
• Rangifer tarandus's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Vulnerable^[5].
• Rangifer tarandus is classified within Rangifer^[6].
• Rangifer tarandus's scientific name is Rangifer tarandus^[7].
• Rangifer tarandus is a type of Cervidae^[8].
• Rangifer tarandus's Commons category is recorded as Rangifer tarandus^[9].
• Rangifer tarandus began on -620000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[10].
• Rangifer tarandus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Reindeer^[11].
• Rangifer tarandus's Commons gallery is recorded as Rangifer tarandus^[12].
• Rangifer tarandus's main food source is recorded as lichen^[13].
• Rangifer tarandus's main food source is recorded as Salix^[14].
• Rangifer tarandus's main food source is recorded as Q25243^[15].
• Rangifer tarandus's main food source is recorded as Carex^[16].
• Rangifer tarandus's main food source is recorded as Poaceae^[17].
• Rangifer tarandus's main food source is recorded as lemming^[18].
• Rangifer tarandus's main food source is recorded as Arctic char^[19].
• Rangifer tarandus's main food source is recorded as Rodentia^[20].
• Rangifer tarandus's main food source is recorded as fish^[21].
• Rangifer tarandus's main food source is recorded as bird egg^[22].
• Rangifer tarandus's main food source is recorded as mushroom^[23].
• Rangifer tarandus's main food source is recorded as Cladonia rangiferina^[24].
• Rangifer tarandus's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[25].
• Rangifer tarandus's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[26].
• Rangifer tarandus's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Rangifer tarandus is Rangifer tarandus^[7]. It is classified at the rank of species^[4]. It is classified within Rangifer^[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Reindeer'}^[28], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Reno'}^[29], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Renne'}^[30], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Caribou'}^[31], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Peary Caribou'}^[32], and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Caribou (North America)'}^[33].

Identifiers

Rangifer tarandus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9870^[34]. Rangifer tarandus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 328653^[35]. Rangifer tarandus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5220114^[36]. Rangifer tarandus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180701^[37].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Rangifer tarandus include Caribou Coffee^[38], a café chain^[39], in United States^[40], founded in 1992^[41], headquartered in Brooklyn Center^[42] and Rangifer^[43], a former constellation^[44].

Why It Matters

Rangifer tarandus ranks in the top 0.14% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,671 views/month, #274 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[45] It is known by 90 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[46]

Entities named for it include Caribou Coffee^[38], a café chain^[39], in United States^[40], founded in 1992^[41], headquartered in Brooklyn Center^[42] and Rangifer^[43], a former constellation^[44].