Development of Young Varying Lemmings (Dicrostonyx)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Hansen, Richard M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1957
• Subjects: Animal behaviour; Animal food; Animal growth; Animal nervous systems; Animal physiology; Dentition; Laboratory animals; Lemmings; Pelage; Size; Alaska; Arctic; Dicrostonyx groenlandicus
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66807

An outline of growth and development of Dicrostonyx groenlandicus rubricatus from birth till the age of 40 days. Appearance of hair and teeth, motion, development of sense organs, weaning, appearance of defensive behavior and of sexual maturity are traced, and weight increase recorded. Observations were made on a laboratory colony established from specimens captured at Umiat, Alaska.