Ogilvie Mountains collared lemming

Ogilvie Mountains collared lemming
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Dicrostonyx
Species: D. nunatakensis
Binomial name
Dicrostonyx nunatakensis
Youngman, 1967
Ogilvie Mountains collared lemming range[2]

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.

References

  1. Linzey, A.V. & NatureServe (Morrison, M. & Hammerson, G.) (2008). "Dicrostonyx nunatakensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 1 August 2010. 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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