Ogilvie Mountains collared lemming

The Ogilvie Mountains collared lemming (Dicrostonyx nunatakensis) is a species of rodents in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Canada.[3] Its natural habitat is tundra.

Ogilvie Mountains collared lemming

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Arvicolinae
Genus: Dicrostonyx
Species:
D. nunatakensis
Binomial name
Dicrostonyx nunatakensis
Youngman, 1967
Ogilvie Mountains collared lemming range[2]

References

  1. Linzey, A.V.; NatureServe; Morrison, M. & Hammerson, G. (2008). "Dicrostonyx nunatakensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2010.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of Least Concern.
  2. IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) 2008. Dicrostonyx nunatakensis. In: IUCN 2014. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. http://www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 20 March 2015.
  3. Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. (2005). Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.


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