- Unalaska Collared Lemming
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Unalaska Collared Lemming Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Cricetidae Genus: Dicrostonyx Species: D. unalascensis Binomial name Dicrostonyx unalascensis
Merriam, 1900The Unalaska Collared Lemming (Dicrostonyx unalascensis) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. This species is found on two islands, Umnak and Unalaska, in the Aleutian Archipelago of Alaska in the United States.[1] Its natural habitat is tundra.
References
- ^ a b Linzey, A.V. & NatureServe (Garibaldi, A. & Hammerson, G.) (2008). Dicrostonyx unalascensis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 May 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of data deficient.
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
Categories:- IUCN Red List data deficient species
- Voles and lemmings
- Arvicolinae stubs
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