Kingdom Animalia Class Mammalia Superfamily Muroidea Scientific name Lemmus portenkoi | Phylum Chordata Order Rodentia Family Cricetidae Rank Species | |
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The Wrangel Island lemming (Lemmus portenkoi) is a species of lemming endemic to Wrangel Island in Russia. It was included as a subspecies of L. sibiricus by Jarrell and Fredga in 1993, while Chernyavskii (also in 1993) regarded it as a separate species.
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