Dicrostonyx nelsoni

C. H. Merriam, 1900

Nelson's Collared Lemming

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Arvicolinae
Tribe : Dicrostonychini
Genus : Dicrostonyx
Subgenus : Dicrostonyx

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Merriam, C.H. 1900-03-14. Papers from the Harriman Alaska Expedition. I. Descriptions of twenty-six new mammals from Alaska and British North America. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences 2:13-30.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8872029

Original name as described

Dicrostonyx nelsoni

Other common names

St. Lawrence Island Collared Lemming

Type material

USNM:MAMM:186500

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e65f0945-af7a-4cc6-b7da-ef289f59a362

Type locality

"St. Michaels [Norton Sound], Alaska."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States

Subregion distribution

USA(AK)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002127

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Dicrostonyx exsul

G. M. Allen, 1919

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

exsul

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:11885

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:11885

Authority page

532

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2802211

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:482) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Dicrostonyx nelsoni

C. H. Merriam, 1900

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

nelsoni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:186500

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e65f0945-af7a-4cc6-b7da-ef289f59a362

Authority page

25

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8872029

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:483) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:298) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #42620) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #42620) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42620/22331765) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Dicrostonyx unalascensis peninsulae

Handley, 1953

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

peninsulae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:246377

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e71ffe0f-3012-430f-8a58-c5cde62749d5

Authority page

199

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39744865

Authority publication

Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

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