Siberian Brown Lemming

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Brown Lemming
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Cricetidae Genus: Lemmus Species: L. sibiricus
Binomial name
Lemmus sibiricus (Kerr, 1792)

The Siberian Brown Lemming (Lemmus sibiricus) is a species of rodent in the Cricetidae family. It it found in Canada, Russian Federation, and United States.It does not hibernate during winter, because it lives in burrows.

[edit] References

• Baillie, J. 1996. Lemmus sibiricus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 09 July 2007.
• Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.