Dicrostonyx richardsoni

C. H. Merriam, 1900

Richardson'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/8872030

Original name as described

Dicrostonyx richardsoni

Other common names

Richardson's Hoofed Lemming · Richardson's Varying Lemming

Type material

USNM:MAMM:186501

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39f9f0c01-d1a0-40bb-85d6-9aea155db8aa

Type locality

Fort Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002129

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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 richardsoni

C. H. Merriam, 1900

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

richardsoni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:186501

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39f9f0c01-d1a0-40bb-85d6-9aea155db8aa

Authority page

26

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8872030

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 #42622) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #42622) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42622/115196066) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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