Educational resources on Brown Lemming

Brown Lemming or Lemmus sibiricus is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Least Concern . IUCN Profile of the Brown Lemming

Academic web links for the Brown Lemming.

ADW: Lemmus sibiricus: Information
The predicted warming of the Canadian climate, and predicted northward migration of Canadian biota, may result in a reduction of the range of the brown lemming, which is limited in
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Lemmus_sibiricus.html

Arctic Studies Center
Lemming Synaptomys spp. Lemmings are small mouse-like animals that live in the tundra. In summer they are brown, but in winter they are all white.
www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/html/lemming.html

North American Mammals: Lemmus trimucronatus (Lemmus sibiricus)
Lemmus trimucronatus (Lemmus sibiricus) Brown Lemming Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae ... Unlike Norwegian Lemmings, Brown Lemmings do not migrate en masse when they
www.mnh.si.edu/mna/image_info.cfm?species_id=128

Southeast Alaska: Mammal Fossils
Brown lemming is a tundra animal. The fact that these four rodents coexisted on Prince of Wales Island suggests that the plant community was mixed or transitional prior to the
www.usd.edu/esci/alaska/mammals.html

Physical Environment
There are two species of lemmings in the area: the brown lemming (Lemmus sibiricus) and the collared lemming (Dicrostonyx groenlandicus). The brown lemming prefers wetter
web.mit.edu/12.000/www/m2007/teams/finalwebsite/environment/te_lemmings.html

Southeast Alaska: On Your Knees Cave
Species recovered include brown and black bear, caribou, Stellar sea lion, ringed and harbor seal, arctic and red fox, hoary marmot, brown lemming, heather vole, and a variety
www.usd.edu/esci/alaska/oykc.html

North American Mammals: Search Results
Lemmus trimucronatus (Lemmus sibiricus) (Brown Lemming) Microtus abbreviatus (Insular Vole) Microtus breweri (Beach Vole)
www.mnh.si.edu/mna/image_menu.cfm?family=23

netvet.wustl.edu
...studies; brown lemming used for body confirmation studies . Microtus ochrogaster Prairie vole (meadow mice 44. species) North America, Central America & Eurasia; 115 gms.;
netvet.wustl.edu/species/EXOTIC/UNCOMSP.TXT

References
..."Activity and Energetics of the Brown Lemming in its Natural Habitat." Arctic & Alpine Research 8 (2): 131-138. Predavec (2000). "Microhabitat utilisation, home ranges, and movement
www.bio.davidson.edu/people/vecase/Behavior/Spring2007/Martens/references.html

ADW: Lemmus sibiricus: Classification
Lemmus sibiricus (brown lemming) ...
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Lemmus_sibiricus.html