Siberian brown lemming

Siberian brown lemming
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Lemmus
Species: L. sibiricus
Binomial name
Lemmus sibiricus
(Kerr, 1792)
Siberian brown lemming range[2]

The Siberian brown lemming (Lemmus sibiricus) is a species of rodents in the family Cricetidae found in the Russian Federation. It does not hibernate during winter; it lives in burrows. It is prey to several animals, including the snowy owl and the Arctic fox. The lemmings are known for their high-amplitude, large-scale fluctuations of population sizes.[3]

References

  1. Tsytsulina, K., Formozov, N. & Sheftel, B. (2008). Lemmus sibiricus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 5 June 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.
  2. IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) 2008. Lemmus sibiricus. In: IUCN 2014. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. http://www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 22 March 2015.
  3. Korpimäki, Erkki; Brown, Peter; Jacob, Jens; Pech, Roger (2004). "The Puzzles of Population Cycles and Outbreaks of Small Mammals Solved?". BioScience 54 (12): 1071–1079. doi:10.1641/0006-3568(2004)054[1071:tpopca]2.0.co;2.


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