True lemming
| True lemmings Temporal range: Pleistocene - Recent | |
|---|---|
| Norway lemming (Lemmus lemmus) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Arvicolinae |
| Tribe: | Lemmini |
| Genus: | Lemmus Link, 1795 |
| Type species | |
| Mus lemmus | |
| Species | |
|
L. amurensis | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Myodes | |
The genus Lemmus contains several species of lemming sometimes referred to as the true lemmings. They are distributed throughout the Holarctic, particularly in the Palearctic.