Yellow steppe lemming

Yellow steppe lemming
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Arvicolinae
Genus:	Eolagurus
Species:	E. luteus
Binomial name
	Eolagurus luteus; (Eversmann, 1840)

Last updated October 06, 2025

The yellow steppe lemming (Eolagurus luteus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in China, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia. Its natural habitat is temperate desert.

References

↑ Batsaikhan, N.; Avermid, D. & Tinnin, D. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Eolagurus luteus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T7782A115086020. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T7782A22370187.en . Retrieved 13 April 2022. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.

Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. (2005). Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.

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[iucn-1] Batsaikhan, N.; Avermid, D. & Tinnin, D. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Eolagurus luteus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T7782A115086020. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T7782A22370187.en . Retrieved 13 April 2022. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.

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Yellow steppe lemming
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Arvicolinae
Genus:	Eolagurus
Species:	E. luteus
Binomial name
*Eolagurus luteus* (Eversmann, 1840)