Biology:Wrangel Island lemming
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Short description: Species of rodent
| Wrangel Island lemming | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Arvicolinae |
| Genus: | Lemmus |
| Species: | L. portenkoi
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| Binomial name | |
| Lemmus portenkoi Tchernyavsky, 1967
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The Wrangel Island lemming (Lemmus portenkoi) is a species of lemming endemic to Wrangel Island in Russia . It was included as a subspecies of L. sibiricus by Jarrell and Fredga in 1993, while Chernyavskii (also in 1993) regarded it as a separate species.
References
- ↑ 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q1762854 entry
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