Dicrostonyx nunatakensis

Youngman, 1967

Ogilvie Mountains 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

Youngman, P.M. 1967-03-24. A new subspecies of varying lemming, _Dicrostonyx torquatus_ (Pallas), from Yukon Territory (Mammalia, Rodentia). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 80:31-34.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34589364

Original name as described

Dicrostonyx torquatus nunatakensis

Other common names

Ogilvie Collared Lemming

Type material

CMN 29503

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Yukon Territory, [Canada]: 20 mi. [= 32 km] S Chapman Lake (lat. 64°35', long. 138°13'), 5500 ft [= 1676 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002128

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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 torquatus nunatakensis

Youngman, 1967

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

nunatakensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CMN 29503

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

31

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34589364

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Dicrostonyx nunatakensis

Musser & Carleton, 1993

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

nunatakensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

510

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (1993:510) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Bradley, Ammerman, Baker, Bradley, Cook, Dowler, Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche & Würsig (2014:16, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785982) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19157)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:298) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6567) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6567) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6567/22332006) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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