Rangifer
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Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin rangifer (“reindeer”). Coined by British artist and naturalist Charles Hamilton Smith in 1828.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Rangifer m
Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Artiodactyla – order; Cervidae – family; Capreolinae - subfamily; Rangiferini - tribe
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): Rangifer tarandus - sole accepted extant species
References
[edit]- Reindeer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Rangifer on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Rangifer on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Rangifer at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- “Rangifer”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.