East Siberian lemming

East Siberian lemming
On Wrangel Island
Scientific classification Edit this 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.