Dicrostonyx groenlandicus (rodent)
Variant names: Dicrostonyx rubricatus
Mass: 61.4 g based on Smith and Foster 1957, Anderson and Rand 1945, and McNab 1992
Abundance: 0.54 to 39.02%
Latitudinal range: 61.1° to 68.6°Habitats: tundra (2) only
Found in two samples
Canada: Eskimo Point (June, 1973)
United States: Toolik Lake
Size measurements:
body mass | 65.1 g | N = 10 | Smith and Foster 1957 |
♂ body mass | 74 g | N = 1 | Anderson and Rand 1945 |
body mass | 60.5 g | N = 74 | McNab 1992 |
body mass | 62.3 g | N = 22 | McNab 1992 |
hind foot length | 18 mm | N = 10 | Smith and Foster 1957 |
♀ hind foot length | 18 mm | N = 1 | Anderson and Rand 1945 |
♀ hind foot length | 18 mm | N = 1 | Anderson and Rand 1945 |
♂ hind foot length | 20 mm | N = 1 | Anderson and Rand 1945 |
♂ hind foot length | 17 mm | N = 1 | Anderson and Rand 1945 |
♂ hind foot length | 16 mm | N = 1 | Anderson and Rand 1945 |
hind foot length | 15 mm | N = 1 | Anderson and Rand 1945 |
hind foot length | 19 mm | N = 1 | Anderson and Rand 1945 |
♀ skull width | 20.25 mm | N = 1 | Anderson and Rand 1945 |
skull width | 18 mm | N = 5 | Anderson and Rand 1945 |
skull width | 20 mm | N = 1 | Anderson and Rand 1945 |
skull width | 20 mm | N = 1 | Anderson and Rand 1945 |
skull width | 19.6 mm | N = 5 | Anderson and Rand 1945 |
tail length | 11 mm | N = 10 | Smith and Foster 1957 |
♀ tail length | 12 mm | N = 1 | Anderson and Rand 1945 |
♀ tail length | 19 mm | N = 1 | Anderson and Rand 1945 |
♂ tail length | 16 mm | N = 1 | Anderson and Rand 1945 |
♂ tail length | 12 mm | N = 1 | Anderson and Rand 1945 |
tail length | 10 mm | N = 1 | Anderson and Rand 1945 |
tail length | 15 mm | N = 1 | Anderson and Rand 1945 |
total body length | 130 mm | N = 10 | Smith and Foster 1957 |
♀ total body length | 145 mm | N = 1 | Anderson and Rand 1945 |
♀ total body length | 142 mm | N = 1 | Anderson and Rand 1945 |
♂ total body length | 146 mm | N = 1 | Anderson and Rand 1945 |
♂ total body length | 122 mm | N = 1 | Anderson and Rand 1945 |
♂ total body length | 116 mm | N = 1 | Anderson and Rand 1945 |
total body length | 132 mm | N = 1 | Anderson and Rand 1945 |
total body length | 132 mm | N = 1 | Anderson and Rand 1945 |
See also Dicrostonyx, Dicrostonyx gulielmi, Dicrostonyx hudsonius, Dicrostonyx sp., Dicrostonyx torquatus