Dicrostonyx nunatakensis ...
37. Ogilvie Mountains Collared Lemming Dicrostonyx nunatakensis French: Lemming du Yukon / German: Ogilvie-Mountains-Halsbandlemming / Spanish: Lemming de collar de Ogilvie Other common names: Ogilvie Collared Lemming Taxonomy. Dicrostonyx torquatus nunatakensis Youngman, 1967, “ Yukon Territory, [C...
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| Summary: | 37. Ogilvie Mountains Collared Lemming Dicrostonyx nunatakensis French: Lemming du Yukon / German: Ogilvie-Mountains-Halsbandlemming / Spanish: Lemming de collar de Ogilvie Other common names: Ogilvie Collared Lemming Taxonomy. Dicrostonyx torquatus nunatakensis Youngman, 1967, “ Yukon Territory, [Canada]: 20 mi. [= 32 km] S Chapman Lake (lat. 64°35, long. 138°13%), 5500 ft [= 1676 m].” Dicrostonyx nunatakensis is considered a subspecies of D. groenlandicus by some authorities, but a morphological study noted distinct differences in pelage color that led to recognition of D. nanatakensis as a distinct species. Dicrostonyx nunatakensis is thought to be an isolated Pleistocene relict that has been long separated on glacial nunataks in these mountains from other populations of Dicrostonyx. Additional systematic work on the D. groenlandicus complex is needed to fully understand species limits. Only 16 specimens are known from Trapper Mountain and Seela Range in the greater Ogilvie Mountains Range, but this ... : Published as part of Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr, 2017, Cricetidae, pp. 204-535 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 7 Rodents II, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 298, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6707142 ... |
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