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Caribou

Rangifer tarandus

Caribou
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The reindeer or caribou is a species of deer with circumpolar distribution, native to Arctic, subarctic, tundra, boreal, and mountainous regions of Northern Europe, Siberia, and North America. It is the only representative of the genus Rangifer. More recent studies suggest the splitting of reindeer and caribou. "All caribou and reindeer throughout the world are considered to be the same species, but there are 7 subspecies."

Classification

Class
Mammalia
Order
Artiodactyla
Family
Cervidae
Genus
Rangifer

Wikipedia · IUCN Red List

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