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Rangifer tarandus (caribou; reindeer)

Synonyms: Cervus tarandus (homotypic); Rangifer muscatinensis; Rangifer spitzbergensis; Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchos
Language: French

Wikipedia Abstract

The reindeer (Rangifer tarandus), also known as caribou in North America, is a species of deer with circumpolar distribution, native to Arctic, Subarctic, tundra, boreal and mountainous regions of northern Europe, Siberia, and North America. This includes both sedentary and migratory populations. While overall widespread and numerous, some of its subspecies are rare and at least one has already become extinct. For this reason, it is considered to be vulnerable by the IUCN.
View Wikipedia Record: Rangifer tarandus

Infraspecies

Rangifer tarandus buskensis
Rangifer tarandus caboti
Rangifer tarandus caribou (woodland caribou)
Rangifer tarandus dawsoni
Rangifer tarandus fennicus
Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus (Tundra reindeer)
Rangifer tarandus osborni
Rangifer tarandus pearsoni
Rangifer tarandus pearyi (Peary caribou)
Rangifer tarandus phylarchus
Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus
Rangifer tarandus sibiricus
Rangifer tarandus tarandus (caribou)
Rangifer tarandus terraenovae

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Rangifer tarandus

Invasive Species

View ISSG Record: Rangifer tarandus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
5
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
27
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 11.66
EDGE Score: 2.54
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  223.219 lbs (101.25 kg)
Birth Weight [1]  14.33 lbs (6.50 kg)
Male Weight [4]  243.612 lbs (110.50 kg)
Diet [2]  Herbivore
Diet - Plants [2]  100 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Female Maturity [1]  1 year 9 months
Male Maturity [1]  1 year 10 months
Gestation [1]  7 months 18 days
Litter Size [1]  1
Litters / Year [1]  1
Maximum Longevity [1]  22 years
Migration [3]  Intracontinental
Snout to Vent Length [4]  7.249 feet (221 cm)
Speed [5]  32.01 MPH (14.31 m/s)
Weaning [1]  4 months

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Ecosystems

Emblem of

Newfoundland & Labrador

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Providers

Parasite of 
Cephenemyia trompe (Bot fly)[7]

Consumers

Range Map

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
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♦ 10Cuon alpinus, James A. Cohen, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 100, pp. 1-3 (1978)
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Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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