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Noun: Rangifer tarandus
  1. Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called ‘reindeer’ in Eurasia and ‘caribou’ in North America
    "The Rangifer tarandus's migration is one of the longest of any land mammal";
    - caribou, reindeer, Greenland caribou

Type of: cervid, deer

Part of: genus Rangifer, Rangifer

Encyclopedia: Rangifer tarandus