NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Rangifer
  Subfamily - Capreolinae
  Family - Cervidae
  Order - Artiodactyla
  Infraclass - Eutheria
  Subclass - Theria
  Class - Mammalia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Rangifer tarandus caribou
      Subspecies - Rangifer tarandus tarandus
      Subspecies - Rangifer tarandus pearyi
      Subspecies - Rangifer tarandus buskensis
      Subspecies - Rangifer tarandus caboti
      Subspecies - Rangifer tarandus dawsoni
      Subspecies - Rangifer tarandus fennicus
      Subspecies - Rangifer tarandus osborni
      Subspecies - Rangifer tarandus pearsoni
      Subspecies - Rangifer tarandus phylarchus
      Subspecies - Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus
      Subspecies - Rangifer tarandus sibiricus
      Subspecies - Rangifer tarandus terraenovae
      Subspecies - Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus