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Dicrostonyx (lemming)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Dicrostonyx was named by Gloger (1841). It is extant.

It was assigned to Microtinae by Kurten and Anderson (1980); to Cricetidae by Gloger (1841) and McKenna and Bell (1997); to Arvicolinae by Seymour (2004); and to Dicrostonychini by Galewski et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Dicrostonyx Gloger
1980Dicrostonyx Kurten and Anderson p. 267
1997Dicrostonyx McKenna and Bell
2004Dicrostonyx Seymour
2006Dicrostonyx Galewski et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyMuroideaIlliger 1811
Eumuroida
familyCricetidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamilyArvicolinae()
tribeDicrostonychiniKretzoi 1955
genusDicrostonyxGloger 1841

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Dicrostonyx Gloger 1841 [lemming]
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Dicrostonyx groenlandicus Traill 1823 [northern collared lemming]
Dicrostonyx hudsonius Pallas 1778 [Ungava collared lemming]
Dicrostonyx rubricatus Richardson 1839 [Bering collard lemming]
Dicrostonyx torquatus Pallas 1778 [Arctic lemming]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available