Amur lemming

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Amur lemming
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Arvicolinae
Genus: Lemmus
Species:
L. amurensis
Binomial name
Lemmus amurensis
Vinogradov, 1924
Lemmus amurensis distribution.svg
Distribution of the Amur lemming [2]

The Amur lemming (Lemmus amurensis) is a species of lemmings found near the Amur River in Siberia.

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References

  1. Cassola, F. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Lemmus amurensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T11480A115102341. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T11480A22335890.en . Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  2. Spitsyn, Vitaly M.; Bolotov, Ivan N.; Kondakov, Alexander V.; Klass, Anna L.; Mizin, Ivan A.; Tomilova, Alena A.; Zubrii, Natalia A.; Gofarov, Mikhail Y. (2021-03-17). "A new Norwegian Lemming subspecies from Novaya Zemlya, Arctic Russia". Ecologica Montenegrina. 40: 93–117. doi:10.37828/em.2021.40.8. ISSN   2336-9744 . Retrieved 2022-09-05.