Lemmus trimucronatus

(J. Richardson, 1825)

Nearctic Brown Lemming

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Arvicolinae
Tribe : Lemmini
Genus : Lemmus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Richardson, J. 1825. Account of the quadrupeds and birds. Pp. 287–379 in Anonymous. (eds.). Appendix to Captain Parry's Journal of a Second Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, performed in His Majesty's Ships Fury and Hecla, in the Years 1821-22-23. John Murray, London, 432 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33582461

Original name as described

Arvicola trimucronata

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1842.10.7.13

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a2d64889-96c5-4cf3-b3ca-27b5d293ee2b

Type locality

Point Lake, District of Mackenzie, Canada.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States · Canada

Subregion distribution

USA(AK)

Taxonomy notes

previously included L. trimucronatus

Taxonomy notes citation

Spitsyn, V. M., Bolotov, I. N., Kondakov, A. V., Klass, A. L., Mizin, I. A., Tomilova, A. A., Zubrii, N. A., & Gofarov, M. Y. (2021). A new Norwegian Lemming subspecies from Novaya Zemlya, Arctic Russia. Ecologica Montenegrina, 40, 93-117.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002144

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Arvicola trimucronata

(J. Richardson, 1825)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

trimucronatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1842.10.7.13

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a2d64889-96c5-4cf3-b3ca-27b5d293ee2b

Authority page

309

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33582461

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Richardson (1825:309, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33582461) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68784)

Arvicola (Lemmus) helvolus

(J. Richardson, 1828)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

helvolus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1842.10.7.11

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a49b8b0d-be4f-4dfc-bb3b-bcd2d909bb63

Authority page

517

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2339594

Authority publication

Zoological Journal

Name usages

  1. Richardson (1828:517, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2339594) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56722)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Georychus helvolus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

helvolus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

121

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Georychus trimucronatus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

trimucronatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

121

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Myodes helvolus

(Fitzinger, 1867)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

helvolus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

114

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476800

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1867:114, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476800) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)

Myodes trimucronatus

(Fitzinger, 1867)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

trimucronatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

114

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476800

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1867:114, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476800) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)

Lemmus helvolus

J. A. Allen, 1903

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

helvolus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

556

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Allen (1903:556) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15978)

Lemmus trimucronatus phaiocephalus

Manning & Macpherson, 1958

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

phaiocephalus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CMN 20705

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

27

Authority publication

Arctic Institute of North America, Technical Paper

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:294) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Lemmus trimucronatus

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

trimucronatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Bradley, Ammerman, Baker, Bradley, Cook, Dowler, Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche & Würsig (2014:16, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785982) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19157)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:294) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136712) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136712) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002144) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136712/115211700) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Lemmus trimucronatus helvolus

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

helvolus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

294

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:294) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Lemmus trimucronatus trimucronatus

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

trimucronatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

294

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:294) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

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