Biology:Siberian brown lemming
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Short description: Species of rodent
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Arvicolinae |
| Genus: | Lemmus |
| Species: | L. sibiricus
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| Binomial name | |
| Lemmus sibiricus (Kerr, 1792)
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| Siberian brown lemming range[2] | |
The Siberian brown lemming (Lemmus sibiricus) is a true lemming species found in the Russian Federation. Like other lemmings, it belongs to the Cricetidae family of rodents. It does not hibernate during winter; it lives in burrows. It is prey to several animals, including the snowy owl and the Arctic fox. As with other species of lemmings, Siberian browns routinely experience large-scale fluctuations in their population sizes.[3]
References
- ↑ Tsytsulina, K.; Formozov, N.; Sheftel, B. (2008). "Lemmus sibiricus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11482/115102530. Retrieved 5 June 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.
- ↑ IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) 2008. Lemmus sibiricus. In: IUCN 2014. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. http://www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 22 March 2015.
- ↑ Korpimäki, Erkki; Brown, Peter; Jacob, Jens; Pech, Roger (2004). "The Puzzles of Population Cycles and Outbreaks of Small Mammals Solved?". BioScience 54 (12): 1071–1079. doi:10.1641/0006-3568(2004)054[1071:tpopca2.0.co;2].
Further reading
- 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q1577469 entry
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