Arctic lemming
| Arctic lemming | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Arvicolinae |
| Genus: | Dicrostonyx |
| Species: | D. torquatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Dicrostonyx torquatus (Pallas, 1778) | |
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).