Dicrostonyx kilangmiutak Anderson and Rand, 1945 . J. Mammal., 26:305.

TYPE LOCALITY: Canada, W. side of Victoria Strait, S.E. point of Victoria Isl., DeHaven Point .

DISTRIBUTION: Victoria and Banks Isl. and the adjacent mainland (Canada).

COMMENT: Distribution poorly known. Diploid number is 47 for males and females and the fundamental number is 56; formerly included in torquatus; see Rausch, 1977, in Sokolov, ed., [Adv. Mod. Theriol.], Acad. Sci. U.S. S.R., Nauka, Moscow, pp. 162- 177; or groenlandicus; see Hall, 1981:836.