Yellow steppe lemming

The yellow steppe lemming (Eolagurus luteus) is a species of rodents in the family Cricetidae. It is found in China, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia. Its natural habitat is temperate desert.

Yellow steppe lemming
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Arvicolinae
Genus: Eolagurus
Species:
E. luteus
Binomial name
Eolagurus luteus
(Eversmann, 1840)

References

  1. Batsaikhan, N.; Avermid, D. & Tinnin, D. (2008). "Eolagurus luteus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 24 May 2009.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) 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.


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