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.

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

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