Rangifer tarandus

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Rangifer tarandus - Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called `reindeer' in Eurasia and `caribou' in North Americacaribou, Greenland caribou, reindeercervid, deer - distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlersgenus Rangifer, Rangifer - reindeer or caribouRangifer caribou, woodland caribou - any of several large caribou living in coniferous forests of southern Canada; in some classifications included in the species Rangifer tarandusbarren ground caribou, Rangifer arcticus - of tundra of northern Canada; in some classifications included in the species Rangifer tarandus