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Collared Lemmings
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Collared Lemmings

Dicrostonyx

Dicrostonyx is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It contains the collared lemmings. They are the only North American rodents that turn completely white in winter. It 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.