#arctic lemming

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A coverpage art for a Kingdom Hearts comic going on in DeviantArt. Here’s my take of my OC Axis and a tundra lemming on her shoulder. If you’re interested in reading my comic you may read them from this link - http://infinite-stardust.deviantart.com/art/RoD2-Chapter-02-Coverpage-681857196

I’m open for commission so if you’re interested you can head over to this link here for details! http://sofiedraws.tumblr.com/post/121367385100/hi-guys-i-am-currently-open-for-commissions

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Color Changing Animals-Northern Collared Lemming

The northern collared lemming is a small North American lemming. It has a short chunky body covered with thick grey fur with a thin black stripe along its back and light grey underparts. It has small ears, short legs and a very short tail. It has a pale brown collar across its chest. In winter, its fur turns white (believed to be the only rodent to do so), and it has large digging claws on its front feet.

This animal is found in the tundra of northern Canada, Alaska and Greenland. It feeds on grasses, sedges and other green vegetation in summer, and twigs of willow, aspen and birches in winter. Predators include snowy owls, gulls, wolverines, the Arctic fox and the polar bear.

Female lemmings have two or three litters of four to eight young in a year. The young are born in a nest in an underground burrow or concealed in vegetation.

It is active year-round, day and night. It makes runways through the surface vegetation and also digs underground burrows above the permafrost. It burrows under the snow in winter.

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Arctic Lemming Research

Animal friends! Does anyone know where we could find trend data on arctic lemming populations? Specifically, we're hoping to demonstrate an inverse relationship between snowy owl irruptions and lemming baby booms. Any idea or source is greatly appreciated! We have data for snowy owls in Minnesota going back to 1926, so a long-term study would be great.

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Arctic Blog's Animal of the Day: The Arctic Lemming

This little furry beast despite it's cuteness, sadly lives a dangerous old life in the Arctic. It is pretty much the main meal for most of the Arctic carnivores, such as the least weasel, Arctic wolf and foxes.

Lemmings eat mostly plants, grass, herbs etc. They have very sharp teeth to help them gnaw through roots, moss and soil.

They make tunnels or 'runways' under the snow to hide from predators.