Arctic reindeer
Rangifer tarandus eogroenlandicus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Cervidae |
Subfamily: | Capreolinae |
Genus: | Rangifer |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | †R. t. eogroenlandicus
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Trinomial name | |
†Rangifer tarandus eogroenlandicus ,[2] 1957
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The Arctic reindeer (Rangifer tarandus eogroenlandicus), also known as the East Greenland caribou or Greenland caribou, was a subspecies of the reindeer (or the caribou in North America) that once lived in eastern Greenland. It has been extinct since 1900.
References[]
- ^ Gunn, A. (2016). "Rangifer tarandus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T29742A22167140. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T29742A22167140.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Hatting, Tove (1978). "Magnus Anton Degerbøl: 1895-1977". Journal of Mammalogy. 59 (4): 894–897. doi:10.2307/1380173. JSTOR 1380173.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List extinct species
- Reindeer
- Mammal extinctions since 1500
- Fauna of Greenland
- Prehistoric even-toed ungulate stubs