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Monotypic taxon: Genus Rangifer Smith, 1827 - caribou (mammal)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Cetartiodactyla - (Family) Cervidae

Subsequent positions

Odocoileini (Tribe) Pocock, 1923

Current position

Rangiferini (Tribe) Brookes, 1828 Ref: P. Grubb, 2005: 653. [alternative position]

Alternative positions

Capreolinae (Subfamily) Brookes, 1828 Ref: P. Grubb, 2005: 660.
Cervidae (Family) Batsch, 1788 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 128.
Odocoileinae (Subfamily) Pocock, 1923 Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1060.
Odocoileini (Tribe) Pocock, 1923 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 431.
Rangiferinae (Subfamily) (Brookes, 1828) Pocock, 1923 Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Historical positions

Capreolinae (Subfamily) Brookes, 1828 Ref: P. Grubb, 2005: 660.
Rangiferini (Tribe) Brookes, 1828 Ref: P. Grubb, 2005: 653. [alternative position]
Odocoileini (Tribe) Pocock, 1923 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 431.
Capreolinae (Subfamily) Brookes, 1828 Ref: P. Grubb, 1993: 392.
Cervidae (Family) Batsch, 1788 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 128.
Chordata (Phylum) Bateson, 1885 Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 239. [rough position]
Odocoileinae (Subfamily) Pocock, 1923 Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1060.
Cervidae (Family) Batsch, 1788 Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979

Number of Subtaxa

2024 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 1s;13ss; ‡1ss
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 3 May 2021 [1s;13ss; ‡1ss]
2005 P. Grubb: 660 [1s;13ss; ‡1ss]
1993 P. Grubb [1s]
1991 G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill [1s]
1982 A.F. DeBlase 1s
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