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Dicrostonyx nunatakensis Youngman 1967
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Dicrostonyx nunatakensis Youngman, 1967. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 80:31.
TYPE LOCALITY: Canada, Yukon Territory, Ogilvie Mtns, 20 mi S Chapman Lake, 5500 ft; 64°35'N, 138°13'W.
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the Ogilvie Mtns, NC Yukon Territory, Canada.
COMMENTS: As remarked by Youngman (1967), this form contrasts markedly with nearby rubricatus and kilangmiutak; tentatively retained as a species by Honacki et al. (1982).
Notes
Published as part of Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, pp. 501-755 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on pages 510-511, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353098
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- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7353098 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFE9FFD6FFF6FFBBFFF30B06FF93FFF3 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Muridae
- Genus
- Dicrostonyx
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Youngman
- Species
- nunatakensis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Dicrostonyx nunatakensis Youngman, 1967 sec. Musser & Carleton, 1993
References
- Youngman, P. M. 1967. A new subspecies of varying lemmings Dicrostonyx torquatus (Pallas), from Yukon Territory (Mammalia, Rodentia). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 80: 31 - 34.
- Honacki, J. H., K. E. Kinman and J. W. Koeppl (eds.). 1982. Mammal species of the world, a taxonomic and geographic reference. Allen Press, Inc. and The Association of Systematics Collections, Lawrence, Kansas, 694 pp.