Yellow steppe lemming
Yellow steppe lemming | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Arvicolinae |
Genus: | Eolagurus |
Species: | E. luteus
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Binomial name | |
Eolagurus luteus (Eversmann, 1840)
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The yellow steppe lemming (Eolagurus luteus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in China, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia. Its natural habitat is temperate desert.
References[]
- ^ Batsaikhan, N.; Avermid, D. & Tinnin, D. (2008). "Eolagurus luteus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 24 May 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.
- 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.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Eolagurus
- Rodents of China
- Mammals of Central Asia
- Mammals of Mongolia
- Mammals described in 1840
- Arvicolinae stubs