Wrangel Island lemming
The Wrangel Island lemming (Lemmus portenkoi) is a species of lemming endemic to Wrangel Island in Russia. It was included as a subspecies of L. sibiricus by Jarrell and Fredga in 1993, while Chernyavskii (also in 1993) regarded it as a separate species.
| Wrangel Island lemming | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Arvicolinae |
| Genus: | Lemmus |
| Species: | L. portenkoi |
| Binomial name | |
| Lemmus portenkoi Tchernyavsky, 1967 | |
References
- Kennerley, R. (2019). "Lemmus portenkoi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T136303A22336051. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T136303A22336051.en.
- D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third Edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
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