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Cladonia rangiferina
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.

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- Lymnaea stagnalis has been experimentally infected with Elaphostrongylus rangiferi. Lymnaea stagnalis snails can be easily be kept in a freshwater aquarium...
- Cameron, 1931 Elaphostrongylus panticola Lubinov, 1945 Elaphostrongylus rangiferi Mitskevich, 1958 Elaphostrongylus alces Steen et al., 1989 Intermediate...
- century Michael Scot Tarandus or Rangifer /təˈrændəs, ˈrændʒɪfər/ Tarandi, Rangiferi Reindeer 1736 Pierre Charles Lemonnier Taurus Poniatovii /ˈtɔːrəs pɒniəˈtoʊviaɪ/...
- some of the animals carried a parasitic roundworm, Elaphostrongylus rangiferi, that then spread to native caribou herds. The reindeer herd eventually...
- Sarcocystis porcifelis Sarcocystis porcihominis Sarcocystis rangi Sarcocystis rangiferi Sarcocystis rauschorum Sarcocystis rileyi Sarcocystis rodentifelis Sarcocystis...
- Sarcocystis phacoc****i Sarcocystis porcifelis Sarcocystis rangi Sarcocystis rangiferi Sarcocystis rauschorum Sarcocystis sebeki Sarcocystis sibirica Sarcocystis...