Unalaska collared lemming
| 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, 1900 | |
The Unalaska collared lemming (Dicrostonyx unalascensis) is a species of rodents 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Linzey, A.V. & NatureServe (Garibaldi, A. & Hammerson, G.) (2008). Dicrostonyx unalascensis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 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.