Lemmus lemmus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Spitsyn, Vitaly M., Bolotov, Ivan N., Kondakov, Alexander V., Klass, Anna L., Mizin, Ivan A., Tomilova, Alena A., Zubrii, Natalia A. & Gofarov, Mikhail Y., 2021, A new Norwegian Lemming subspecies from Novaya Zemlya, Arctic Russia, Ecologica Montenegrina 40, pp. 93-117 : 115

Norwegian Lemming Lemmus lemmus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Type locality: alpibus Lapponicus [Mountains of Lappmark, Sweden] (Linnaei, 1758) .

Synonyms: L. norvegicus Desmarest, 1822 [TL: Les montagnes de la Norwege et la Laponie suedoise <...> les montagnes de la Laponie russe] (Desmarest 1822; Wilson & Reeder 2005; Wilson et al. 2017); L. borealis Nilsson, 1829 [a replacement name for Mus lemmus Linnaeus, 1758 ] (Wilson & Reeder 2005; Wilson et al. 2017); Cuniculus iterator Gistel, 1850 [TL: Russian Lapland =Kola Peninsula, Russia] (Wilson & Reeder 2005; Wilson et al. 2017).

Distribution: European mountain species with a disjunctive range: Fennoscandia (nominate subspecies) and Novaya Zemlya ( L. lemmus chernovi ssp. nov.).

Comments: The insular geographic race on Novaya Zemlya is isolated from the nominate subspecies by a 600 km wide marine barrier ( Fig. 1A ).

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Figure 1. Ranges and habitats of the true lemmings (Lemmus). (A) Distribution map of Lemmus taxa. Ranges were digitized based on published data and our records (Table 1). Red circles indicate sampling localities of Novaya Zemlya Lemming (L. lemmus chernovi ssp. nov.): 1 – Malye Karmakuly Polar Station (type locality), 2 – Bezymyannaya Bay (Table 1). The topographic base of the map was created with Natural Earth Free Vector and Raster Map Data (www.naturalearthdata.com). The map was created using ESRI ArcGIS 10 software (www.esri.com/arcgis). (B, C, D) Habitats of Lemmus taxa: (B) Novaya Zemlya Lemming (type locality, Novaya Zemlya), (C) Norwegian Lemming (Kola Peninsula), and (D) Siberian Lemming (Taimyr Peninsula). (Photos: Vitaly M. Spitsyn [B, C] and Natalia A. Zubrii [D])