Dicrostonyx unalascensis Merriam 1900

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 955-1189 : 973

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11324098

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scientific name

Dicrostonyx unalascensis Merriam 1900
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Dicrostonyx unalascensis Merriam 1900 View in CoL

Dicrostonyx unalascensis Merriam 1900 View in CoL , Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., 2: 25.

Type Locality: USA, Alaska, Umnak Isl.

Vernacular Names: Unalaska Collared Lemming.

Synonyms: Dicrostonyx stevensoni Nelson 1929 .

Distribution: Umnak and Unalaska isls of Aleutian Archipelago, Alaska, USA.

Conservation: IUCN – Data Deficient.

Discussion: Conventionally viewed as a form of D. groenlandicus ( Hall, 1981; Hall and Cockrum, 1953; Jarrell and Fredga, 1993); retained as a species based on its distinctive pelage, craniodental form, and lack of specialized nival pelage and foreclaws, traits thought to be unique among Dicrostonyx ( Gilmore, 1933; Musser and Carleton, 1993; Nelson, 1929; Rausch and Rausch, 1972). The most cranially divergent among the North American forms that Eger (1995) included in her morphometric analyses.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Cricetidae

Genus

Dicrostonyx

Loc

Dicrostonyx unalascensis Merriam 1900

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Dicrostonyx unalascensis

Merriam 1900: 25
1900
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