Rangifer tarandus
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Summary
Rangifer tarandus is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.14% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19,295 views/month, #274 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: species[3]
- IUCN conservation status: Vulnerable[4]
- Parent taxon: Rangifer[5]
- Taxon name: Rangifer tarandus[6]
- Subclass of: Cervidae[7]
- Commons category: Rangifer tarandus[8]
- Start time: -620000-00-00T00:00:00Z[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Reindeer[10]
- Commons gallery: Rangifer tarandus[11]
- Main food source: lichen[12], Salix[13], Betula[14], Carex[15], Poaceae[16], lemming[17], Arctic char[18], Rodentia[19], fish[20], bird egg[21], mushroom[22], Cladonia rangiferina[23]
- Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[25], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[26], New International Encyclopedia (1902–1905)[27], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[28], The Encyclopedia Americana[29]
- Original combination: circumflex[30]
- Has characteristic: viviparity[31]
- This taxon is source of: reindeer fur[32], reindeer meat[33], reindeer antler[34], Q137049431[35], reindeer milk[36]
- Short name: R. tarandus[37]
- Taxon common name: Reindeer[38], Reno[39], Renne[40], Caribou[41], Peary Caribou[42], Caribou (North America)[43], Rentier[44], Ren[45], renifer tundrowy[46], karibu[47], peura[48], 驯鹿[49], rein[50]
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Identifiers
Rangifer tarandus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9870[51]. Rangifer tarandus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 328653[52]. Rangifer tarandus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5220114[53]. Rangifer tarandus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180701[54].
Discovery and Description
Things named for Rangifer tarandus include Caribou Coffee[55], a café chain[56], in United States[57], founded in 1992[58], headquartered in Brooklyn Center[59] and Rangifer[60], a former constellation[61].
Why It Matters
Rangifer tarandus has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[62] It is known by 113 alternative names across languages and contexts.[63]
Entities named for it include Caribou Coffee[55], a café chain[56], in United States[57], founded in 1992[58], headquartered in Brooklyn Center[59] and Rangifer[60], a former constellation[61].