Biology:Collared lemming
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Short description: Genus of rodents
| Collared lemmings Temporal range: Early Pleistocene to Recent
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Arvicolinae |
| Tribe: | Dicrostonychini |
| Genus: | Dicrostonyx Gloger, 1841 |
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| Mus hudsonius Pallas, 1778
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Dicrostonyx groenlandicus | |
Dicrostonyx is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae.[1] Its members are known as collared lemmings or varying lemmings. The genus is restricted to high latitudes in the northern hemisphere; one species, the Arctic lemming, has a broad distribution in northern Russia, while the rest are mostly or entirely North American in distribution. They are the only rodents that turn completely white in winter.[2]
Dicrostonyx contains the following species:
- Northern collared lemming (Dicrostonyx groenlandicus)
- Ungava collared lemming (Dicrostonyx hudsonius)
- Nelson's collared lemming (Dicrostonyx nelsoni)
- Ogilvie Mountains collared lemming (Dicrostonyx nunatakensis)
- Richardson's collared lemming (Dicrostonyx richardsoni)
- Arctic lemming (Dicrostonyx torquatus)
- Unalaska collared lemming (Dicrostonyx unalascensis)
References
- ↑ Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Genus Dicrostonyx". in Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 970–973. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13000189.
- ↑ "Dicrostonyx groenlandicus, Bering collared lemming". Animal Diversity Web. http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Dicrostonyx_groenlandicus/.
Wikidata ☰ Q370070 entry
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