| Arctic lemming | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Arvicolinae |
| Genus: | Dicrostonyx |
| Species: | D. torquatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Dicrostonyx torquatus (Pallas, 1778)
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The Arctic lemming (Dicrostonyx torquatus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.
Although generally classified as a "least concern" species, the Novaya Zemlya subspecies (Dicrostonyx torquatus ungulatus) is considered a vulnerable species under Russian nature conservation legislation (included in Red Book of Russian Federation since 1998).[1]
- ^ a b Tsytsulina, K.; Formozov, N. & Sheftel, B. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Dicrostonyx torquatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T6568A115082665. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T6568A22332073.en. Retrieved 19 February 2022.