Authority citation

Vinogradov, B.S. 1924-07-01. Two new interesting lemmings from Siberia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)14(79):186-189.

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Original name as described

Lemmus amurensis

Other common names

Amur Lemming

Type material

ZIN S. 13722

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Pikan, on Zeya River, a tributary of Amur River, Siberia, Russia.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Russia

Taxonomy notes

split from L. sibiricus and sometimes included under L. lemmus

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. I., & Petrova, T. V. (2018). Genetic analysis of type material of the Amur lemming resolves nomenclature issues and creates challenges for the taxonomy of true lemmings (Lemmus, Rodentia: Cricetidae) in the eastern Palearctic. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 182(2), 465-477. · 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

Least Concern

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