Biology:Wrangel lemming

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Short description: Species of rodent

Wrangel lemming
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Arvicolinae
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

Wikidata ☰ Q305631 entry