Alaska is home to the "Rangifer tarandus granti" subspecies of caribou. Reindeer in Russia include tundra and forest reindeer and are subspecies of "Rangifer tarandus". Caribou is one common name for the deer species "Rangifer tarandus", also known as reindeer. Southampton Island caribou are "Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus". The world's Caribou and Reindeer are classified as a single species "Rangifer tarandus". Reindeer ("Rangifer tarandus") remains were encountered for the first time in the Caucasus. Definitive host include Cervidae&colon; moose "Alces alces", "Cervus elaphus" and reindeer "Rangifer tarandus". The woodland caribou subspecies' taxonomic name, "Rangifer tarandus caribou", was defined by Gmelin in 1788. The name "reindeer" for semi-domesticated subspecies ("Rangifer tarandus tarandus"). The species' taxonomic name, "Rangifer tarandus", was defined by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. The woodland caribou subspecies' taxonomic name "Rangifer tarandus caribou" was defined by Gmelin in 1788. The scientific name of the reindeer, "Rangifer tarandus", is derived from the name "tarandos". Semi-domestic reindeer ("Rangifer tarandus") are the main prey for the northern lynx in northern Scandinavia. The subspecies taxonomic name, "Rangifer tarandus caribou" was defined by Gmelin in 1788. Caribou ("Rangifer tarandus") and curious Arctic ground squirrels ("Spermophilus parryii") come close to Sila Lodge.