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Dicrostonyx nunatakensis (Ogilvie mountain collared lemming; Ogilvie collared lemming)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Ogilvie Mountains collared lemming (Dicrostonyx nunatakensis) is a species of rodents in the family Cricetidae.It is found only in Canada.Its natural habitat is tundra.
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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
Ogilvie-MacKenzie alpine tundra Canada, United States Nearctic Tundra

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External References

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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