Arctic reindeer
| Rangifer tarandus eogroenlandicus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Cervidae |
| Subfamily: | Capreolinae |
| Genus: | Rangifer C.H. Smith, 1827 |
| Species: | Rangifer tarandus |
| Binomial name | |
| Rangifer tarandus eogroenlandicus Degerbøl,[1] 1957 | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Arctic Reindeer | |
The Arctic reindeer (Rangifer tarandus eogroenlandicus), also known as the East Greenland reindeer or Greenland reindeer was a subspecies of reindeer (or caribou), that lived in eastern Greenland. It has been extinct since 1900.
References
- ↑ http://www.jstor.org/pss/1380173, American Society of Mammalogists, consulted on May 27, 2010.
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