Tarandus can refer to: tarandus, the specific name of the scientific name of reindeer Tarandus a legendary animal, mentioned in Greek, Roman and medieval scripts. Tarandus (constellation), also known as Rangifer (both names meaning the Reindeer in Latin), an obsolete constellation Dodia tarandus, a species of moth (Swederus, 1787), a species of beetle See also Reindeer (disambiguation)