Wrangel lemming

Wrangel lemming
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Dicrostonyx
Species: D. vinogradovi
Binomial name
Dicrostonyx vinogradovi
Ognev, 1948

The Wrangel lemming (Dicrostonyx vinogradovi) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.[2] It is found only on Wrangel Island in the Arctic Ocean off the coast of eastern Russia. Its natural habitat is tundra, and it is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. Tsytsulina, K. (2008). Dicrostonyx vinogradovi. 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 data deficient.
  2. Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 973. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.