Common Name
Nearctic Collared Lemming
Order
Rodentia
Family
Cricetidae
Species Name
Dicrostonyx groenlandicus
Status
Lower Risk as D. groenlandicus, K. kilangmiutak, and D. rubricatus
States
Alaska
Distribution
N Greenland and Queen Elizabeth Islands, islands in the District of Franklin, and Southampton Island; N North America above tree line, from NE District of Keewatin, Canada, to N Alaska
Notes
Active night or day. In winter lives in tunnels beneath the snow and makes nests on the soil surface but under the snow layer. Lives on Arctic tundra.