Rangifer
Translingual
editEtymology
editFrom Latin rangifer (“reindeer”). Coined by British artist and naturalist Charles Hamilton Smith in 1828.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editRangifer 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.