Lemmus

Lemmus lemmus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Supramyomorpha Infraordo: Myomorphi Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Arvicolinae
Tribus: Lemmini
Genus: Lemmus
Species (6): L. amurensis – L. lemmus – L. nigripes – L. novosibiricus – L. sibiricus – L. trimucronatus

Name

Lemmus Link, 1795: 75

• Type species: Mus lemmus Linnaeus, 1758, absolute tautonymy.

Synonyms

• Hypudaeus Illiger, 1811: 87
• Brachyurus Fischer, 1813: 14
• Lemnus Gray, 1825: 342
• Lemmus Rochebrune, 1843
• Mirus Brunner, 1938
• Miromus Brunner, 1951

References

Primary references

• Link, H.F. 1795. Beyträge zur Naturgeschichte. Zweytes Stück. Ueber die Lebenskräfte in naturhistorischer Rücksicht, und die Classification der Säugthiere. Karl Christoph Stiller: Rostock & Leipzig. 126 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Illiger, J.K.W. 1811. Prodromus systematis mammalium et avium additis terminis zoographicis utriusque classis, eorumque versione germanica. C. Salfield: Berolini. xviii + 302 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Fischer, G. 1813. Zoognosia tabulis synopticis illustrata, in usum praelectionum Academiae Imperialis Medico-Chirurgicae Mosquensis edita. Editio Tertia. Volumen Primum. Nicolai Sergeidis Vsevolozsky: Mosquae [=Moscow]. Vol. 1. xiv + 465 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Gray, J.E. 1825. An Outline of an Attempt at the Disposition of Mammalia into Tribes and Families, with a List of the Genera apparently appertaining to each Tribe. Annals of Philosophy (ns) 10: 337–344. BHL Reference page. 

Additional 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.

Vernacular names

• English: True Lemming
• magyar: Lemming

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