Lemmus

Norway lemming (Lemmus lemmus), a species of the genus Lemmus.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Arvicolinae
Genus: Lemmus
Species: L. amurensis – L. lemmus – L. portenkoi – L. sheri – L. sibiricus – L. trimucronatus

Name

Lemmus (Link, 1795)

Type species: Mus lemmus Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms

• Brachyurus Fischer, 1813
• Hypudaeus Illiger, 1811
• Lemnus Gray, 1825
• Lemmus Rochebrune, 1843
• Mirus Brunner, 1938
• Miromus Brunner, 1951

References

• Abramson, N.I., 1993: A new species of lemming from the Eopleistocene of North East Siberia (Mammalia: Cricetidae). Zoosystematica Rossica 1(0): 156–160.
• Lemmus in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Vernacular names

English: True lemming
magyar: Lemming