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Collared Lemmings
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Collared Lemmings

Dicrostonyx

Dicrostonyx is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae. Its members are known as collared lemmings or varying lemmings. The genus is restricted to high latitudes in the northern hemisphere; one species, the Arctic lemming, has a broad distribution in northern Russia, while the rest are mostly or entirely North American in distribution. They are the only rodents that turn completely white in winter.

Dicrostonyx contains the following species:

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species

Dicrostonyx

subgenusDicrostonyx

Myolemmus

subgenusMyolemmus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 45684.