Unalaska collared lemming

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

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| name = Unalaska collared lemming

| status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Garibaldi, A. |date=2019 |title=Dicrostonyx unalascensis |volume=2019 |page=e.T39974A22331447 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T39974A22331447.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| genus = Dicrostonyx

| species = unalascensis

| authority = Merriam, 1900

| synonyms =

}}

The Unalaska collared lemming (Dicrostonyx unalascensis) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.

This species is found on two islands, Umnak and Unalaska, in the Aleutian Archipelago of Alaska in the United States.

Its natural habitat is tundra.

References

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  • 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:Endemic rodents of the United States

Category:Endemic fauna of Alaska

Category:Umnak

Category:Unalaska Island

Category:Mammals described in 1900

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

Category:Taxa named by Clinton Hart Merriam

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