Arctic lemming vs River sheoak

Dicrostonyx torquatus compared with Casuarina cunninghamiana

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arctic lemming	River sheoak
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Fagales (Beeches & Oaks)
Family	Cricetidae	Casuarinaceae
Genus	Dicrostonyx	Casuarina
Species	Dicrostonyx torquatus	Casuarina cunninghamiana

Conservation Status

Arctic lemming

LC — Least Concern

River sheoak

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arctic lemming	River sheoak
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Arctic lemming

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

River sheoak

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Australasia and Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (11 countries), Asia (8 countries), Europe (5 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Vanuatu), and South America (4 countries).

Arctic lemming

The Arctic lemming (Dicrostonyx torquatus) is a species in the genus Dicrostonyx. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.