East Siberian lemming

Species of rodent

East Siberian lemming

On Wrangel Island
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Mammalia
Order:  | Rodentia
Family:  | Cricetidae
Subfamily:  | Arvicolinae
Genus:  | Lemmus
Species:  |

L. paulus

Binomial name
Lemmus paulus

Allen, 1914

Synonyms

Lemmus flavescens Vinogradov, 1925
Lemmus ognevi Vinogradov, 1933
Lemmus portenkoi Tchernyavsky, 1967
Lemmus novosibiricus Vinogradov, 1924

The East Siberian lemming, Eastern Siberian brown lemming, or Ognev's lemming (Lemmus paulus) is a species of lemming endemic to Russia, where it has a disjunct distribution throughout parts of Siberia east of the Verkhoyansk Range.

## Taxonomy

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It was formerly thought conspecific with the West Siberian lemming (L. sibiricus), which replaces it west of the Verkhoyansk Range, with both species being previously classified together as the Siberian brown lemming. Some populations were also previously classified as populations of the Amur lemming (L. amurensis). More recent genetic studies found both the eastern L. sibiricus and the northern L. amurensis together represent a distinct species.[1][2] The results of these studies were accepted by the American Society of Mammalogists.[3]

## Distribution

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There are several disjunct populations; one is found from the Verkhoyansk Range east to the Kolyma River, including the New Siberian Islands; it is largely replaced by the Beringian lemming (L. nigripes) east of this region.

Another population is found south of the aforementioned northern population, being distributed from southern Yakutia and western Khabarovsk north to Magadan; this population was formerly classified as a subspecies of the Amur lemming, L. a. ognevi, or as its own distinct species, L. ognevi. Another population is found throughout most of the Kamchatka Peninsula (this population was also formerly classified as a subspecies of the Amur lemming, L. a. flavescens, or as its own distinct species, L. flavescens) although a disjunct population of L. nigripes is also present in the southern section of the peninsula.[1]

Finally, an isolated population is present on Wrangel Island. This population was previously included as a subspecies of L. sibiricus by Jarrell and Fredga in 1993, while Chernyavskii (also in 1993) regarded it as a separate species, L. portenkoi. However, phylogenetic studies support it being a population of L. paulus.[4]

## References

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1. ^ a b Abramson, N I; Petrova, T V (2017-08-18). "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. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx044. ISSN 0024-4082.
2. ^ Spitsyn, Vitaly M.; Bolotov, Ivan N.; Kondakov, Alexander V.; Klass, Anna L.; Mizin, Ivan A.; Tomilova, Alena A.; Zubrii, Natalia A.; Gofarov, Mikhail Y. (2021-03-17). "A new Norwegian Lemming subspecies from Novaya Zemlya, Arctic Russia". Ecologica Montenegrina. 40: 93–117. doi:10.37828/em.2021.40.8. ISSN 2336-9744.
3. ^ "Explore the Database". www.mammaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2023-08-26.
4. ^ 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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* t
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Extant species of subfamily Arvicolinae

* Kingdom: Animalia
* Phylum: Chordata
* Class: Mammalia
* Infraclass: Eutheria
* Superorder: Euarchontoglires
* Order: Rodentia
* Family: Cricetidae

Arvicolini|

| Arvicola
(Water voles)|

* European water vole (A. amphibius)
* Southwestern water vole (A. sapidus)
* Montane water vole (A. scherman)

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Microtini|

| Alexandromys|

* Clarke's vole (M. clarkei)
* Evorsk vole (M. evoronensis)
* Reed vole (M. fortis)
* Gerbe's vole (M. gerbei)
* Taiwan vole (M. kikuchii)
* Lacustrine vole (M. limnophilus)
* Maximowicz's vole (M. maximowiczii)
* Middendorff's vole (M. middendorffi)
* Mongolian vole (M. mongolicus)
* Japanese grass vole (M. montebelli)
* Muisk vole (M. mujanensis)
* Tundra vole (M. oeconomus)
* Sakhalin vole (M. sachalinensis)

|

Chionomys
(Snow voles)|

* Caucasian snow vole (C. gud)
* European snow vole (C. nivalis)
* Robert's snow vole (C. roberti)

Hyperacrius
(Voles from Pakistan)|

* True's vole (H. fertilis)
* Murree vole (H. wynnei)

Lasiopodomys|

* Brandt's vole (L. brandtii)
* Plateau vole (L. fuscus)
* Mandarin vole (L. mandarinus)

Lemmiscus|

* Sagebrush vole (L. curtatus)

Microtus
(Voles)|

* Subgenus Microtus: Field vole (M. agrestis)
* Anatolian vole (M. anatolicus)
* Common vole (M. arvalis)
* Cabrera's vole (M. cabrerae)
* Doğramaci's vole (M. dogramacii)
* Günther's vole (M. guentheri)
* Tien Shan vole (M. ilaeus)
* Persian vole (M. irani)
* Kerman vole (M. kermanensis)
* Southern vole (M. levis)
* Paradox vole (M. paradoxus)
* Qazvin vole (M. qazvinensis)
* Schidlovsky's vole (M. schidlovskii)
* Social vole (M. socialis)
* European pine vole (M. subterraneus)
* Transcaspian vole (M. transcaspicus)

* Subgenus Blanfordimys: Afghan vole (B. afghanus)
* Bucharian vole (B. bucharicus)
* Juniper vole (B. juldaschi)

* Subgenus Terricola: Bavarian pine vole (M. bavaricus)
* Calabria pine vole (M. brachycercus)
* Daghestan pine vole (M. daghestanicus)
* Mediterranean pine vole (M. duodecimcostatus)
* Felten's vole (M. felteni)
* Liechtenstein's pine vole (M. liechtensteini)
* Lusitanian pine vole (M. lusitanicus)
* Major's pine vole (M. majori)
* Alpine pine vole (M. multiplex)
* Savi's pine vole (M. savii)
* Tatra pine vole (M. tatricus)
* Thomas's pine vole (M. thomasi)

* Subgenus Mynomes: Beach Vole (M. breweri)
* Gray-tailed vole (M. canicaudus)
* Montane vole (M. montanus)
* Creeping vole (M. oregoni)
* Meadow vole (M. pennsylvanicus)
* Townsend's vole (M. townsendii)

* Subgenus Pitymys: Guatemalan vole (M. guatemalensis)
* Tarabundí vole (M. oaxacensis)
* Woodland Vole (M. pinetorum)
* Jalapan pine vole (M. quasiater)

* Subgenus Pedomys: Prairie vole (M. ochrogaster)

* Subgenus Hyrcanicola: Schelkovnikov's pine vole (M. schelkovnikovi)

* incertae sedis: Insular vole (M. abbreviatus)
* California vole (M. californicus)
* Rock vole (M. chrotorrhinus)
* Long-tailed vole (M. longicaudus)
* Mexican vole (M. mexicanus)
* Singing vole (M. miurus)
* Water vole (M. richardsoni)
* Zempoaltépec vole (M. umbrosus)
* Taiga vole (M. xanthognathus)

Neodon
(Mountain voles)|

* Forrest's mountain vole (N. forresti)
* Chinese scrub vole (N. irene)
* Linzhi mountain vole (N. linzhiensis)
* Sikkim mountain vole (N. sikimensis)
* Blyth's vole (N. leucurus)

Proedromys|

* Duke of Bedford's vole (P. bedfordi)
* P. liangshanensis

Stenocranius|

* Narrow-headed vole (S. gregalis)
* Radde's vole (S. raddei)

Volemys|

* Szechuan vole (V. millicens)
* Marie's vole (V. musseri)

Dicrostonychini
(Collared lemmings)|

| Dicrostonyx|

* Northern collared lemming (D. groenlandicus)
* Ungava collared lemming (D. hudsonius)
* Nelson's collared lemming (D. nelsoni)
* Ogilvie Mountains collared lemming (D. nunatakensis)
* Richardson's collared lemming (D. richardsoni)
* Arctic lemming (D. torquatus)
* Unalaska collared lemming (D. unalascensis)

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Ellobiusini
(mole voles)|

| Ellobius
(Mole voles)|

* Alai mole vole (E. alaicus)
* Southern mole vole (E. fuscocapillus)
* Transcaucasian mole vole (E. lutescens)
* Northern mole vole (E. talpinus)
* Zaisan mole vole (E. tancrei)

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Lagurini
(Steppe lemmings)|

| Eolagurus|

* Yellow steppe lemming (E. luteus)
* Przewalski's steppe lemming (E. przewalskii)

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Lagurus|

* Steppe lemming (L. lagurus)

Lemmini
(Lemmings)|

| Lemmus
(True lemmings)|

* Amur lemming (L. amurensis)
* Norway lemming (L. lemmus)
* Beringian lemming (L. nigripes)
* Wrangel Island lemming (L. paulus)
* Siberian brown lemming (L. sibiricus)
* North American brown lemming (L. trimucronatus)

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Myopus|

* Wood lemming (M. schisticolor)

Synaptomys
(Bog lemmings)|

* Northern bog lemming (S. borealis)
* Southern bog lemming (S. cooperi)

Clethrionomyini|

| Alticola
(Voles from
Central Asia)|

* Subgenus Alticola: White-tailed mountain vole (A. albicauda)
* Silver mountain vole (A. argentatus)
* Gobi Altai mountain vole (A. barakshin)
* Central Kashmir vole (A. montosa)
* Royle's mountain vole (A. roylei)
* Mongolian silver vole (A. semicanus)
* Stolička's mountain vole (A. stoliczkanus)
* Tuva silver vole (A. tuvinicus)

* Subgenus Aschizomys: Lemming vole (A. lemminus)
* Large-eared vole (A. macrotis)
* Lake Baikal mountain vole (A. olchonensis)

* Subgenus Platycranius: Flat-headed vole (A. strelzowi)

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Caryomys|

* Ganzu vole (C. eva)
* Kolan vole (C. inez)

Eothenomys
(Voles from
East Asia)|

* Kachin red-backed vole (E. cachinus)
* Pratt's vole (E. chinensis)
* Southwest China vole (E. custos)
* Père David's vole (E. melanogaster)
* Yunnan red-backed vole (E. miletus)
* Chaotung vole (E. olitor)
* Yulungshan vole (E. proditor)
* Ward's red-backed vole (E. wardi)

Clethrionomys
(some Red-backed
voles)|

* Western red-backed vole (C. californicus)
* Tien Shan red-backed vole (C. centralis)
* Southern red-backed Vole (C. gapperi)
* Bank vole (C. glareolus)
* Imaizumi's red-backed vole (C. imaizumii)
* Northern red-backed vole (C. rutilus)
* Shansei vole (C. shanseius)

Craseomys
(other Red-backed
voles)|

* Japanese red-backed vole (C. andersoni)
* Royal vole (C. regulus)
* Hokkaido red-backed vole (C. rex)
* Grey red-backed vole (C. rufocanus)
* Smith's vole (C. smithii)

Ondatrini|

| Neofiber|

* Round-tailed muskrat (N. alleni)

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Ondatra|

* Muskrat (O. zibethicus)

Pliomyini|

| Dinaromys|

* Balkan snow vole (D. bogdanovi)

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Pliophenacomyini|

| Arborimus
(Tree voles)|

* White-footed vole (A. albipes)
* Red tree vole (A. longicaudus)
* California red tree mouse (A. pomo)

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Phenacomys
(Heather voles)|

* Western heather vole (P. intermedius)
* Eastern heather vole (P. ungava)

Prometheomyini|

| Prometheomys|

* Long-clawed mole vole (P. schaposchnikowi)

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Taxon identifiers

Lemmus paulus|

* Wikidata: Q109050838
* CoL: 3T4R5
* GBIF: 7779194
* ITIS: 971092

Lemmus portenkoi|

* Wikidata: Q1762854
* Wikispecies: Lemmus portenkoi
* CoL: 3T4R6
* EoL: 7234859
* GBIF: 5706758
* iNaturalist: 74477
* ITIS: 970596
* IUCN: 136303
* MSW: 13000234
* Observation.org: 200720
* Open Tree of Life: 3608476

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