True lemming
The genus Lemmus contains several species of lemming sometimes referred to as the true lemmings. They are distributed throughout the Holarctic, particularly in the Palearctic.
True lemmings Temporal range: Pleistocene - Recent | |
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Norway lemming (Lemmus lemmus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Arvicolinae |
Tribe: | Lemmini |
Genus: | Lemmus Link, 1795 |
Type species | |
Lemmus lemmus | |
Species | |
L. amurensis | |
Synonyms | |
Myodes |
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