Collared lemmings Temporal range: Early Pleistocene 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 is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It contains the collared lemmings. They are the only North American rodents that turn white in winter. It contains the following species: