Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin rangifer (“reindeer”) + Ancient Greek τάρανδος (tárandos, “reindeer”) + πλατύς (platús, “wide, flat”) + ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout”).

Proper noun

Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus m

  1. A taxonomic subspecies within the family Cervidae – the Svalbard reindeer.

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