Nelson's collared lemming

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| name = Nelson's collared lemming

| image = Dyctostonix nelsoni.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Cassola, F. |date=2016 |title=Dicrostonyx nelsoni |volume=2016 |page=e.T42620A22331765 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T42620A22331765.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}

| genus = Dicrostonyx

| species = nelsoni

| authority = Merriam, 1900

| synonyms = Dicrostonyx exsul

| range_map = Nelson's Collared Lemming Dicrostonyx nelsoni distribution map 2.png

| range_map_caption = Nelson's collared lemming rangeIUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) 2008. Dicrostonyx nelsoni. In: IUCN 2014. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. http://www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 20 March 2015.

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Nelson's collared lemming (Dicrostonyx nelsoni) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.

It is found in western and southwestern Alaska in the United States.

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See also

  • 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.

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Category:Dicrostonyx

Category:Mammals described in 1900

Category:Arctic land animals

Category:Endemic rodents of the United States

Category:Endemic fauna of Alaska

Category:Mammals of the Arctic

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

Category:Taxa named by Clinton Hart Merriam

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