Lemmini is a

tribe The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to confl ...

of lemmings in the subfamily

Arvicolinae The Arvicolinae are a subfamily of rodents that includes the voles, lemmings, and muskrats. They are most closely related to the other subfamilies in the Cricetidae (comprising the hamsters and New World rats and mice). Some authorities p ...

. Species in this tribe are: Tribe Lemmini * Genus ''Lemmus'' - true lemmings ** Amur lemming (''L. amurensis'') **

Norway lemming The Norway lemming, also known as the Norwegian lemming (''Lemmus lemmus'') is a common species of lemming found in northern Fennoscandia, where it is the only vertebrate species endemic to the region. The Norway lemming dwells in tundra and fell ...

(''L. lemmus'') ** Beringian lemming (''L. nigripes'') **

East Siberian lemming The East Siberian lemming, Eastern Siberian brown lemming, or Ognev's lemming (''Lemmus paulus'') is a species of lemming endemic to Russia, where it has a disjunct distribution throughout parts of Siberia east of the Verkhoyansk Range. Taxonom ...

(''L. paulus'') ** West Siberian lemming (''L. sibiricus'') **

North American brown lemming The Canadian lemming or Nearctic brown lemming (''Lemmus trimucronatus'') is a small North American lemming. Taxonomy The taxonomy of the Canadian lemming is tangled with the Siberian brown lemming and the Beringian lemming. The Canadian le ...

(''L. trimucronatus'') * Genus ''

Myopus The wood lemming (''Myopus schisticolor'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It belongs to the rodent subfamily Arvicolinae, so is a relative of the voles, lemmings, and muskrats. It is found in the taiga biome of China, Estonia, F ...

'' - wood lemming **

Wood lemming The wood lemming (''Myopus schisticolor'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It belongs to the rodent subfamily Arvicolinae, so is a relative of the voles, lemmings, and muskrats. It is found in the taiga biome of China, Estonia, F ...

(''M. schisticolor'') * Genus '' Synaptomys'' - bog lemmings ** Northern bog lemming (''S. borealis'') ** Southern bog lemming (''S. cooperi'') The fossil taxa '' Mictomys'', '' Tobienia'' (both thought to be allied with ''Synaptomys''), and '' Plioctomys'' (thought to be allied with ''Lemmus'' and ''Myopus'') are also thought to belong to this group. A 2021 phylogenetic study using

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recovered Lemmini as being the most

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clade of the Arvicolinae, diverging during the late

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, about 8 million years ago.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q234150 Voles and lemmings Mammal tribes Taxa named by George Gaylord Simpson