Rangifer
A reindeer
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Cervidae
Subfamily:	Capreolinae
Genus:	Rangifer
Binomial name
Rangifer tarandus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Reindeer map

A female reindeer and her child near Inari, Finland.

A group of reindeer.

Two reindeer in Sweden.

Old photograph of a domestic reindeer being milked.

The reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) is an even-toed ungulate mammal of the deer family. In North America it is also called caribou.There are about 10-20 reindeer subspecies. The reindeer is the only deer that has been domesticated.