Arctic lemming
| Arctic lemming | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Genus: | Dicrostonyx |
| Species: | D. torquatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Dicrostonyx torquatus (Pallas, 1778) | |
The Arctic lemming (Dicrostonyx torquatus) is a species of rodents in the family Cricetidae.
Biology
It is found only in the Arctic biomes in Russia and Canada. Specimens were once found in England, but they are now extirpated.
They are a well studied example of a cyclic predator prey relationship.
References
- ↑ Tsytsulina, K., Formozov, N. & Sheftel, B. (2008). Dicrostonyx torquatus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 24 May 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.