Dicrostonyx groenlandicus (Traill, 1823) . In Scoresby, J. Voy. to Northern Whale-Fishery..., p. 416.

TYPE LOCALITY: Greenland, Jamesons Land .

DISTRIBUTION: N Greenland and Queen Elizabeth Islands, south to Baffin and Southampton islands and NE District of Keewatin, Canada; limits uncertain.

SYNONYMS: clarus, lentus.