Dicrostonyx torquatus

(Pallas, 1779)

Palearctic 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 : Myolemmus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Pallas, P.S. 1779. Fasciculus II. Pp. 71–388 in Pallas, P.S. 1778-1779. Novae species quadrupedum e glirium ordine cum illustrationibus variis complurium ex hoc ordine animalium. Wolfgang Walther, Erlangen, 388 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15494905 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15495034

Original name as described

Mus torquatus

Other common names

Arctic Lemming

Type locality

mouth of River Ob, NW Siberia, Russia.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Russia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002130

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 chionopaes

G. M. Allen, 1914

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

chionopaes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:15263

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:15263

Authority page

62

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12808588

Authority publication

Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Lemmus ungulatus

(von Baer, 1841)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

ungulatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 104

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

283

Authority publication

Beiträge zur Kenntniss des Russischen Reiches und der angränzenden Länder Asiens

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Dicrostonyx torquatus altaicus

Vinogradov, 1922

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

altaicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

372

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8483599

Authority publication

Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie des Sciences de Russie

Brachyurus torquatus

(G. Fischer, 1814)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

torquatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

vii

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130068

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Fischer (1814:vii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130068) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)

Hypudaeus torquatus

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

torquatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

63

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080919

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Illiger (1815:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080919) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)

Hipudoeus torquatus

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

torquatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

277

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207744

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:277, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207744) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Georychus torquatus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

torquatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

121

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Borioikon torquatus

(Poljakov, 1881)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

torquatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

35

Authority publication

Записки Императорской академіи наук

Cuniculus torquatus

(F. W. True, 1885)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

torquatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

596

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306390

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

True (1885:596, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306390) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

Dicrostonyx torquatus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

torquatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

159

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:159) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:483) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:274) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:298) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6568) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6568) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6568/115082665) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Dicrostonyx torquatus chionopaes

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

chionopaes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

298

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:298) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Dicrostonyx torquatus torquatus

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

torquatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

298

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:298) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:35) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Dicrostonyx torquatus ungulatus

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

ungulatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

298

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:298) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

[Myodes torquatus] var. pallida

(Kryštufek & Shenbrot, 2022)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

pallida

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling · variety_or_form

Authority page

36

Authority publication

Maribor

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Dicrostonyx torquatus pallidus

Kryštufek & Shenbrot, 2022

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

pallidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

36

Authority publication

Maribor

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Mus lenensis

(Pallas, 1779)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

lenensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notintendedasascientific_name

Authority page

195

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15495023

Authority publication

Erlangen

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Mus torquatus

(Pallas, 1779)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

torquatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

77, 206

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15494905 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15495034

Authority publication

Erlangen

Name usages

  1. Goldfuss (1809:149, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497983) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:35) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Mus lenae

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

lenae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

242

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664266

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Myodes torquatus var. palida

(von Middendorff, 1853)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

palidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

93

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37054598

Authority publication

Saint Petersburg

Myodes torquatus fossilis

(Roger, 1882)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

fossilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

139

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11880639

Authority publication

Correspondenz-Blatt des zoologisch-mineralogischen Vereines in Regensburg

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