Ogilvie Mountains Collared Lemming

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Ogilvie Mountains Collared Lemming
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Cricetidae Genus: Dicrostonyx Species: D. nunatakensis
Binomial name
Dicrostonyx nunatakensis Youngman, 1967

The Ogilvie Mountains Collared Lemming (Dicrostonyx nunatakensis) is a species of rodent in the Cricetidae family. It is found only in Canada. Its natural habitat is tundra.

[edit] References

• Hafner, D.J. 1996. Dicrostonyx nunatakensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
• 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.