Dicrostonyx Gloger 1841 (lemming)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Parent taxon: Dicrostonychini according to T. Galewski et al. 2006

See also Alroy 2002, Kurten and Anderson 1980, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Seymour 2004

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Dicrostonyx groenlandicus Dicrostonyx hudsonius Dicrostonyx rubricatus Dicrostonyx torquatus

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Belgium (1 collection), Canada (18: Alberta, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, Yukon), the Czech Republic (1), France (2), Germany (2), Greenland (7), Hungary (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (7: Alaska, Michigan, Nebraska, West Virginia, Wyoming)

Total: 43 collections each including a single occurrence

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