Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Mammalia > Order: Artiodactyla > Family: Cervidae > Genus: Rangifer > Species: Rangifer tarandus > See subspecies

Scientific name	Source
Rangifer tarandus fennicus (Lönnberg, 1909)	Wilson D.E., & Reeder D.M. (1993)

Reindeer - Rangifer tarandus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Least Concern (IUCN)
Protected by	1 international agreement
Most preferred habitats	heathland and shrub woodland and forest
May also occur in	grassland

Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Vulnerable

Europe

Least Concern

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

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EU conservation status

The EU conservation status is assessed for species mentioned in the EU Habitats Directive annexes. The EU Habitats Directive does not cover this species.

Natura 2000 sites

Not available

Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	Conditions	More information
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex III: protected fauna species (All species of Cervidae)		http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Hreindýr	Icelandic	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Peura	Finnish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Põhjapõder	Estonian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Poro	Estonian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Rein	Norwegian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Reindeer	English	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Ren	Danish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Ren	German	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Ren	Romanian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Ren	Swedish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Rena	Portuguese	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Rendier	Dutch	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Renifer	Polish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Renna	Italian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Renndéier	Luxemburgish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Renne	French	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Reno	Spanish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Rensdyr	Danish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Rénszarvas	Hungarian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Severni jelen	Slovenian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Šiaurinis elnias	Lithuanian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Sob	Croatian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Sob	Czech	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Sob polárny	Slovak	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Villrein	Norwegian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.

Synonym	Author
All species of Cervidae

Other resources

CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
EoL	Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI	National Center for Biotechnology Information
NOBANIS: Rangifer tarandus	European Network on Invasive Alien Species
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia

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