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Arctic Lemming

Dicrostonyx torquatus

Red List assessment

Least Concernon the IUCN Red List

  1. EXExtinct
  2. EWExtinct in the Wild
  3. CRCritically Endangered
  4. ENEndangered
  5. VUVulnerable
  6. NTNear Threatened
  7. LCLeast Concern
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The IUCN Red List assesses the Arctic Lemming as Least Concern.

Genus
Dicrostonyx
Red List category
Least Concern
Data updated
August 9, 2026

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The Arctic Lemming is one of the mammals assessed by the IUCN Red List, so it has a page here — with its scientific name, Dicrostonyx torquatus, its conservation category and, where one is known, a recorded observation on the map. What is missing is the rest: habitat, distribution, diet, behaviour, threats and the conservation work under way.

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Questions about the Arctic Lemming

Is the Arctic Lemming endangered?

The IUCN Red List assesses the Arctic Lemming as Least Concern. The species is widespread and abundant enough not to qualify for any threatened category. It does not mean the species is safe forever, only that nothing in the current data raises an alarm.

What is the scientific name of the Arctic Lemming?

The Arctic Lemming is Dicrostonyx torquatus.

Other species in the genus Dicrostonyx

Sources

Conservation status, range description and population estimate come from the IUCN Red List assessment for Dicrostonyx torquatus. Countries are derived from that range description, not from a mapped country list. Last refreshed on .

The distribution map is drawn from the IUCN Red List spatial data compiled in 2012. IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature)