Dicrostonychini

Dicrostonychini
Arctic lemming (Dicrostonyx torquatus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Arvicolinae
Tribe:	Dicrostonychini Kretzoi, 1955 [1]
Genera
Dicrostonyx Predicrostonyx†

Dicrostonychini is a tribe of lemmings in the subfamily Arvicolinae. It contains only one extant genus, as well as one extinct genus.

A 2021 study found Dicrostonychini to also include the genera previously placed in the tribe Phenacomyini, and found this combined Dicrostonychini to be the sister group to the muskrats (tribe Ondatrini). ^[2]

References

1. "Tribe Dicrostonychini – Classification – Systema Naturae 2000". Archived from the original on 2010-06-21. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
2. Abramson, Natalia I.; Bodrov, Semyon Yu; Bondareva, Olga V.; Genelt-Yanovskiy, Evgeny A.; Petrova, Tatyana V. (2021-11-19). "A mitochondrial genome phylogeny of voles and lemmings (Rodentia: Arvicolinae): Evolutionary and taxonomic implications". PLOS ONE. 16 (11) e0248198. Bibcode:2021PLoSO..1648198A. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0248198 . ISSN   1932-6203. PMC   8604340 . PMID   34797834.