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Dicrostonyx nelsoni (Nelson's collared lemming)

Synonyms: Dicrostonyx exsul; Dicrostonyx unalascensis peninsulae

Wikipedia Abstract

Nelson's collared lemming (Dicrostonyx nelsoni) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found in western and southwestern Alaska in the United States.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
10
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 3.08
EDGE Score: 1.4
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  58 grams
Birth Weight [1]  4 grams
Diet [2]  Frugivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  20 %
Diet - Plants [2]  80 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Female Maturity [1]  40 days
Male Maturity [1]  85 days
Gestation [1]  21 days
Litter Size [1]  3
Litters / Year [1]  3
Maximum Longevity [1]  3 years
Snout to Vent Length [1]  6 inches (14 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Beringia lowland tundra United States Nearctic Tundra
Beringia upland tundra United States Nearctic Tundra

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge 26359252 Alaska, United States      

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0