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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.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemmus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	5219834	https://www.gbif.org/species/5219834
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	41800	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=41800

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Lemmus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
subclass	Tribosphenida
infraclass	Eutheria
-	Placentalia	Owen 1837
-	Euarchontoglires	Murphy et al. 2001
-	Glires
order	Rodentia
infraorder	Myodonta	Schaub 1958
superfamily	Muroidea	Illiger 1811
family	Cricetidae	Fischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamily	Arvicolinae	Gray 1821
tribe	Lemmini
genus	Lemmus	Link 1795

Scientific Name

Lemmus Link, 1795

Name Published In

Beitr. Naturgesch. vol.1 2 p.75

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Lemmus	genus	belongs to Cricetidae	stated without evidence	Link, 1795
Lemmus	genus	belongs to Lemnina	stated without evidence	Gray, 1825
Lemmus	genus	belongs to Microtinae	stated without evidence	Kurten and Anderson, 1980
Lemmus	genus	belongs to Cricetidae	implied	McKenna and Bell, 1997
Lemmus	genus	belongs to Arvicolinae	stated without evidence	Seymour, 2004
Lemmus	genus	belongs to Lemmini	stated with evidence	Galewski et al., 2006

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

4 (100%)

First Recorded Appearance

5.33 - 2.59 Ma
Cenozoic

Environment

terrestrial (based on Eutheria)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

herbivore (based on Rodentia)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals.

Common Name(s)

Lemmings

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemmus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Lemmus amurensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lemmus lemmus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Norway Lemming	13	3.20 Ma Pliocene	0 Ma Extant
Lemmus portenkoi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lemmus sibiricus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Siberian Brown Lemming	9	1.80 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Lemmus trimucronatus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Brown Lemming	1	0.30 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Lemnus Link, 1795	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : *Lemnus*
Miromus Brunner, 1951	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : *Miromus*
Hypudoeus Anon., 1827	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : *Hypudoeus*
Hupudaeus Billberg, 1827	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : *Hupudaeus*
Lypudaeus Geoffroy, 1840	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : *Lypudaeus*
Hypodaeus Schinz, 1843	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : *Hypodaeus*
Mirus Brunner, 1938	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : *Mirus*
Brachyurus Fischer, 1813	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : *Brachyurus*
Hypodaea Schinz, 1843	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : *Hypodaea*
Lemnus Gray, 1825	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : *Lemnus*
Hypudaeus Illiger, 1811	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : *Hypudaeus*
Lemmus Rochebrune, 1843	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : *Lemmus*
Hypudacus Mehlis, 1831	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : *Hypudacus*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1795	Lemmus Link
1825	Lemnus Gray p. 342
1980	Lemmus Kurten and Anderson p. 267
1997	Lemmus McKenna and Bell
2004	Lemmus Seymour
2006	Lemmus Galewski et al.

References

Alroy J. (2002) Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals

Gray J. E. An outline of an attempt at the disposition of Mammalia into Tribes and Families, with a list of genera apparently appertaining to each Tribe, Annals of Philosophy, new series 10, 337-344

Kurten B., Anderson E. (1980) , Pleistocene mammals of North America, 1-442

McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640

Seymour K. L. (2004) Pleistocene vertebrates from the pre-late Wisconsinan Mill Creek site, St. Clair County, Michigan, Michigan Academician 36, 181-211

Galewski T., Tilak M., et al (2006) The evolutionary radiation of Arvicolinae rodents (voles and lemmings): relative contribution of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA phylogenies, BMC Evolutionary Biology 6 80

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Hall, E. Raymond, 1981: null. The Mammals of North America, 2nd ed., vol. 2. 601-1175. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: Superfamily Muroidea. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2. 894-1531. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Beytr. Nat., 1 (2) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Hall, R. (2004) Däggdjur - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

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