collared lemming

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a rodent, Dicrostonyx groenlandicus, of the Arctic, brown in summer and of a light color in winter.

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1952

The collared lemming, incidentally, is the only species of mouse that changes color in winter, sometimes becoming light platinum gray or pure white.