Habitat
Inhabits a variety of tundra and taiga-tundra habitats on well-drained sites, sometimes along streambanks and near or above tree line. Burrow systems are associated with willows and rocky areas (Batzli and Henttonen 1993, Bee and Hall 1956, Douglass 1984, Galindo and Krebs 1985, Murie 1961, Quay 1951, Rausch 1953a, Youngman 1975). Occurs on slopes, benches, streambanks, areas with scattered dwarf willows, wet tundra (Burt and Grossenheider 1976, Musser and Carleton, in Wilson and Reeder 1993).
References
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