Name - Lemmus Link 1795

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:20700 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Lemmus

• Lemmus Link

• Lemmus Link, 1795

• Myodes Pallas 1811

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Recent Publications

• Long-standing taxonomic and nomenclature issue of Lemmus obensis chrysogaster Allen, 1903 (Rodentia, Cricetidae) resolved.
• 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.
• Back to the future: the proper name for red-backed voles is Clethrionomys Tilesius and not Myodes Pallas.
• Analysis of 'historical' DNA of museum samples resolve taxonomic, nomenclature and biogeography issues: case study of true lemmings.
• The name-bearing type is essential for the objective identification of a taxonomic name: the message from the lectotypification of Lemmus obensis bungei.

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Sherborn Index Animalium

• Beytr. Nat., I(2) 1795: 75. [Index Animalium Entry]

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