caribou, reindeer, Greenland caribou, Rangifer tarandus

arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called reindeer in Eurasia and caribou in North America

• woodland caribou, Rangifer caribou — any of several large caribou living in coniferous forests of southern Canada; in some classifications included in the species Rangifer tarandus
• barren ground caribou, Rangifer arcticus — of tundra of northern Canada; in some classifications included in the species Rangifer tarandus

• deer, cervid — distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers

• Rangifer, genus Rangifer — reindeer or caribou