Comparative 2D-shape analyses of collared lemmings in the zone of possible sympatry between Dicrostonyx groenlandicus and Dicrostonyx richardsoni (Rodentia, Arvicolinae)

• Published in: Arctic Science
• Main Authors: Kamal Khidas, Elliott Andrew Schmidt, Dominique Fauteux
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; French
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2020
• Subjects: dicrostonyx; craniodental morphology; outline shape; elliptic fourier analysis; canadian arctic; geo; envir; Aberdeen Lake; Arctic; Canada; Nunavut; The Baker; Baker Lake; Dicrostonyx groenlandicus; Dicrostonyx hudsonius; Dicrostonyx richardsoni; Kivalliq
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2019-0023; https://doaj.org/article/d9c2ae354ca340cc85ff0110c8aa8ad4

Morphological differentiation and relationships among collared lemmings (Dicrostonyx Gloger, 1841) remain unclear. This issue is particularly important in the Kivalliq Region, Nunavut, Canada, where Dicrostonyx groenlandicus (Traill, 1823) and Dicrostonyx richardsoni Merriam, 1900 ranges overlap. Po...