Lemmini

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Lemmini
Berglemming (Lemmus lemmus)

Berglemming ( Lemmus lemmus )

Systematics
Order : Rodents (Rodentia)
Subordination : Mouse relatives (Myomorpha)
Superfamily : Mice-like (Muroidea)
Family : Burrowers (Cricetidae)
Subfamily : Voles (arvicolinae)
Tribe : Lemmini
Scientific name
Lemmini
JE Gray , 1825
Genera

The Lemmini are a tribe (genus group) of mammals from the subfamily of voles (Arvicolinae). It includes the three genera true lemming ( Lemmus ), bog lemming ( Synaptomys ) and the forest Lemmings ( Myopus schisticolor ) with a total depending on the systematic view four to eight species.

features

The species are small to large voles with a short tail. Morphologically, the taxon can be distinguished from the other voles primarily by means of its teeth.

Distribution, habitat and way of life

The distribution area includes the northern Holarctic . Only one species, the southern moor lemming , inhabits the temperate zone, all other species are restricted to the arctic region. The species predominantly inhabit moist habitats such as moist tundras and coniferous forests, swamps and raised bogs . The animals spend the winter actively under the snow cover, they do not hibernate .

Systematics

The tribe Lemmini can be clearly defined as a monophylum both biochemically and molecularly genetically and probably represents an early branch of the voles. According to today's perspective, the Lemmini include the three genera Real Lemmings , Wood Lemmings and Moor Lemmings (or Lemming Mice):

 Lemmini 
 Real lemmings  ( Lemmus ) 

Berglemming  ( Lemmus lemmus )


   

Siberian lemming  ( Lemmus sibiricus )


   

Brown Lemming  ( Lemmus trimucronatus )


   

Pribilof lemming  ( Lemmus nigripes )


   

Amur lemming ( Lemmus amurensis )


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Wood lemmings  ( Myopus ) 

Forest lemming (Myopus schisticolor)


 Moor lemmings  ( Synaptomys ) 

Southern moor lemming  ( Synaptomys cooperi )


   

Northern moor lemming  ( Synaptomys borealis )



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The inner system of the tribe has not yet been sufficiently clarified, but apparently the moor lemmings ( Synaptomys ) are paraphyletic in relation to the other two genera , therefore a division of the genus into two then monotypical genera Synaptomys and Mictomys has already been proposed.

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literature

  • Stéphane Aulagnier, Patrick Haffner, Anthony J. Mitchell-Jones, François Moutou, Jan Zima: The mammals of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. The destination guide. Haupt, Bern et al. 2009, ISBN 978-3-258-07506-8 , pp. 192-193.
  • Don E. Wilson , DeeAnn M. Reeder (Eds.): Mammal Species of the World. A taxonomic and geographic Reference. 2 volumes. 3. Edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD 2005, ISBN 0-8018-8221-4 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Jean Chaline, Jean-Daniel Graf: Phylogeny of the Arvicolidae (Rodentia): Biochemical and Paleontological Evidence. In: Journal of Mammalogy . Vol. 69, Issue 1, 1988, pp. 22-33.
  2. ↑ a b Elena V. Buzan, Boris Krystufek, Bernd Hänfling, William F. Hutchinson: Mitochondrial phylogeny of Arvicolinae using comprehensive taxonomic sampling yields new insights. In: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. Vol. 94, No. 4, 2008, ISSN  0024-4066 , pp. 825-835, doi : 10.1111 / j.1095-8312.2008.01024.x .
  3. ↑ Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder (Ed.): Mammal Species of the World. A taxonomic and geographic Reference. 2 volumes. 3. Edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD 2005, ISBN 0-8018-8221-4 , online

Web links

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