Lemmus nigripes
(F. W. True, 1894)
Beringian 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
Authority citation
True, F.W. 1894-04-24. Diagnoses of new North American mammals. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 17:241-243.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15675244Original name as described
Myodes nigripes
Other common names
Beringian Lemming
Type material
USNM:MAMM:59152
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/399e4dcb4-d969-47d6-8dba-125c62f0fe12Type locality
Saint George I, (approx. 56.5950°N, 169.5168°W, Pribilof Is, Alaska, USA.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic · Nearctic
Country distribution
Russia · United States · Canada
Subregion distribution
USA(AK)
Taxonomy notes
split from L. trimucronatus; includes some synonyms previously included under various other Paleartic Lemmus species, including paulus and flavescens
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. · Kryštufek, B., & Shenbrot, G. (2022). Voles and Lemmings (Arvicolinae) of the Palaearctic Region. University of Maribor Press, Maribor. · Abramson, N., Petrova, T., & Dokuchaev, N. (2022). Analysis of “historical” DNA of museum samples resolve taxonomic, nomenclature and biogeography issues: case study of true lemmings. Biological Communications, 67(4), 340-348. · Kryštufek, B., & Shenbrot, G. I. (2023). The name-bearing type is essential for the objective identification of a taxonomic name: the message from the lectotypification of Lemmus obensis bungei. Mammalia, XX(XX), XX-XX.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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