Siberian brown lemming
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| Siberian brown lemming | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Genus: | Lemmus |
| Species: | L. sibiricus |
| Binomial name | |
| Lemmus sibiricus (Kerr, 1792) | |
The Siberian brown lemming (Lemmus sibiricus) is a species of rodents in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Canada, the Russian Federation, and the United States. It does not hibernate during winter; it lives in burrows. It is prey to several animals, including the snowy owl and the Arctic fox.
References
- ↑ 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.
- 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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