Dicrostonyx nunatakensis Youngman 1967

Dicrostonyx nunatakensis Youngman, 1967. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 80:31. TYPE LOCALITY: Canada, Yukon Territory, Ogilvie Mtns, 20 mi S Chapman Lake, 5500 ft; 64°35'N, 138°13'W. DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the Ogilvie Mtns, NC Yukon Territory, Canada. COMMENTS: As remarked by Youngman...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Guy G. Musser, Michael D. Carleton
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: Smithsonian Institution Press 1993
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Muridae
Dicrostonyx
Dicrostonyx nunatakensis
Yukon
Canada
Ogilvie
Youngman
Chapman Lake
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/7282773
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7282773
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Summary:Dicrostonyx nunatakensis Youngman, 1967. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 80:31. TYPE LOCALITY: Canada, Yukon Territory, Ogilvie Mtns, 20 mi S Chapman Lake, 5500 ft; 64°35'N, 138°13'W. DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the Ogilvie Mtns, NC Yukon Territory, Canada. COMMENTS: As remarked by Youngman (1967), this form contrasts markedly with nearby rubricatus and kilangmiutak; tentatively retained as a species by Honacki et al. (1982). Published as part of Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, pp. 501-755 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on pages 510-511, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.7353098

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