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Dicrostonyx

Collared lemmings
Temporal range: Early to Recent
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Arvicolinae
Tribe: Dicrostonychini
Genus: Dicrostonyx
Gloger, 1841
Species

Dicrostonyx groenlandicus
Dicrostonyx hudsonius
Dicrostonyx nelsoni
Dicrostonyx nunatakensis
Dicrostonyx richardsoni
Dicrostonyx torquatus
Dicrostonyx unalascensis
Dicrostonyx vinogradovi


Dicrostonyx groenlandicus
Dicrostonyx hudsonius
Dicrostonyx nelsoni
Dicrostonyx nunatakensis
Dicrostonyx richardsoni
Dicrostonyx torquatus
Dicrostonyx unalascensis
Dicrostonyx vinogradovi

Dicrostonyx is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It contains the collared lemmings. They are the only North American rodents that turn completely white in winter. It contains the following species:


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