| LC control no. | sh 85020309 |
|---|---|
| LC classification | QL737.U55 Zoology |
| Topical heading | Caribou |
| Variant(s) | Achlis Cervus tarandus Rangifer Rangifer tarandus Tarandus |
| See also | Cervidae Reindeer |
| Scope note | Here are entered works on wild Rangifer tarandus in North America. Works on domesticated Rangifer tarandus in general and wild Rangifer tarandus in Europe and Asia are entered under Reindeer. |
| Subject example tracing | Note under Reindeer |
| Found in | Walker mam. world: v. 2, p. 1397 (Genus Rangifer Hamilton-Smith; Caribou (North American term) or Reindeer (European term); single species R. tarandus) Corbet world list mam. species, 1991: p. 128 (Cervidae; Rangifer; R. tarandus (caribou); Reindeer, Caribou) International Reindeer and Caribou Symposium (1st : 1972 : University of Alaska, Fairbanks). Proceedings ... 1975. International Reindeer/Caribou Symposium (2nd : 1979 : Røros, Norway). Proceedings ... c1980. Web. 3: caribou (reindeer) Mam. species world, 1993: p. 392 (Artiodactyla; Fam. Cervidae; Rangifer H. Smith; type species Cervus tarandus; syn.: Achlis, Tarandus; Rangifer tarandus L.; syn.: angustirostris, arcticus, asiaticus, borealis, buskensis, caboti, caribou, chukchenis, cilindricornis, dawsoni, dichotomus, eogroenlandicus, excelsifrons, fennicus, fortidens, furcifer, granti, groenlandicus, keewatinensis, labradorensis, lapponum, lenensis, montanus, mcguirei, ogilvyensis, osborni, pearsoni, pearyi, phylarchus, platyrhynchus, rangifer, selousi, setoni, sibiricus, silvicola, spetsbergensis, stonei, sylvestris, taimyrensis, terraenovae, transuralensis, valentinae, yakutskensis) LC database, 10/17/95 (reindeer (Rangifer tarandus L.), caribou (Rangifer tarandus)) Biol. & agr. index: v. 47 (Reindeer and caribou; Rangifer tarandus See Reindeer and caribou) Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, Reindeer/Caribou, Rangifer tarandus, Feb. 3, 2004: caribou (Although they are called by different names in North America, wild caribou and domestic reindeer are considered to be a single species throughout the world.) Department of Legislative Services, Maryland General Assembly, 2003 session, March 4, 2004 (classifies caribou as new world, wild Rangifer tarandus and reindeer as old world, domesticated Rangifer tarandus.) |
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