Lemming - Classification

Classification

• Order Rodentia
  • Superfamily Muroidea
    • Family Cricetidae
      • Subfamily Arvicolinae: voles, lemmings, and related species
        • Tribe Lemmini
          • Dicrostonyx
            • Northern collared lemming (D. groenlandicus)
            • Ungava collared lemming (D. hudsonius)
            • Victoria collared lemming (D. kilangmiutak)
            • Nelson's collared lemming (D. nelsoni) or St. Lawrence Island collared lemming (D. exsul)
            • Ogilvie Mountains collared lemming (D. nunatakensis)
            • Richardson's collared lemming (D. richardsoni)
            • Bering collared lemming (D. rubricatus)
            • Arctic lemming (D. torquatus)
            • Unalaska collared lemming (D. unalascensis)
            • Wrangel lemming (D. vinogradovi)
          • Lemmus
            • Amur lemming (L. amurensis)
            • Norway lemming (L. lemmus)
            • Siberian brown lemming (L. sibiricus)
            • North American brown lemming (L. trimucronatus)
            • Wrangel Island lemming (L. portenkoi)
          • Myopus
            • Wood lemming (M. schisticolor)
          • Synaptomys
            • Northern bog lemming (S. borealis)
            • Southern bog lemming (S. cooperi)
        • Tribe Arvicolini: over 120 species
          • Eolagurus
            • Yellow steppe lemming (E. luteus)
            • Przewalski's steppe lemming (E. przewalskii)
          • Lagurus
            • Steppe lemming (L. lagurus)
          • Over 100 other species not known as lemmings