| Predicrostonyx Temporal range: Early Pleistocene |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Arvicolinae |
| Tribe: | Dicrostonychini |
| Genus: | Predicrostonyx Guthrie & Matthews, 1971[1] |
| Species: | P. hopkinsi |
| Binomial name | |
| Predicrostonyx hopkinsi |
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Predicrostonyx is a genus of extinct rodent in the family Cricetidae. It contains only the species, Hopkins's Lemming, Predicrostonyx hopkinsi, which is considered one of the earliest examples of collared lemmings.