Unalaska collared lemming
| Unalaska collared lemming | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Arvicolinae |
| Genus: | Dicrostonyx |
| Species: | D. unalascensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Dicrostonyx unalascensis Merriam, 1900
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The Unalaska collared lemming (Dicrostonyx unalascensis), also known as the Umnak Island collared lemming, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae, which includes the voles, lemmings and related species. This species is found on two islands, Umnak and Unalaska, in the Aleutian Archipelago of Alaska in the United States. Its natural habitat is tundra.