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Definition of R Groenlandicus

R Groenlandicus
Reindeer Rein"deer` (r?n"d?r), n. [Icel. hreinn reindeer + E. deer. Icel. hreinn is of Lapp or Finnish origin; cf. Lappish reino pasturage.] [Formerly written also raindeer, and ranedeer.] (Zool.) Any ruminant of the genus Rangifer, of the Deer family, found in the colder parts of both the Eastern and Western hemispheres, and having long irregularly branched antlers, with the brow tines palmate. Note: The common European species (R. tarandus) is domesticated in Lapland. The woodland reindeer or caribou (R. caribou) is found in Canada and Maine (see Caribou.) The Barren Ground reindeer or caribou (R. Gr[oe]nlandicus), of smaller size, is found on the shores of the Arctic Ocean, in both hemispheries. Reindeer moss (Bot.), a gray branching lichen (Cladonia rangiferina) which forms extensive patches on the ground in arctic and even in north temperature regions. It is the principal food of the Lapland reindeer in winter. Reindeer period (Geol.), a name sometimes given to a part of the Paleolithic era when the reindeer was common over Central Europe.

Meaning of R Groenlandicus from wikipedia

- the name groenlandicus to all the barren-ground caribou in North America, Greenland included, because groenlandicus pre-dates Richardson's R. arctus....
- caribou or reindeer (R. groenlandicus after a recent revision ) is larger and darker and not referable to either R. a. pearyi or R. t. eogroenlandicus...
- The barren-ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus; but subject to a recent taxonomic revision) is a subspecies of the reindeer (or the caribou...
- The harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus), also known as Saddleback Seal or Greenland Seal, is a species of earless seal, or true seal, native to the northernmost...
- species. The specific name, groenlandicus, means "of Greenland", a reference to the type locality. Himantolophis groenlandicus is ****ually dimorphic with...
- northern collared lemming or Nearctic collared lemming (Dicrostonyx groenlandicus), sometimes called the Peary Land collared lemming in Canada, is a small...
- (boreal), R. t. caribou; Labrador or Ungava caribou, R. t. caboti; Newfoundland caribou, R. t. terranovae; barren-ground caribou, R. t. groenlandicus (including...
- Bibcode:2014Ecosp...5..136W. doi:10.1890/ES14-00193.1. Wilson, R. R.; Perham, C.; French-McCay, D. P.; Balouskus, R. (2018). "Potential impacts of offs**** oil spills...
- R. t. caboti, R. t. caribou, R. t. dawsoni, R. t. groenlandicus, R. t. osborni, R. t. pearyi, and R. t. terranovae; and in Eurasia R. t. tarandus, R....
- Press. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-300-14921-0. Burgess, R. (2000). "Arctic Fox". In Truett, J.C.; Johnson, S.R. (eds.). The natural history of an Arctic oil field:...