| Lemmini | |
|---|---|
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| Norway lemming (Lemmus lemmus) | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Arvicolinae |
| Tribe: | Lemmini Simpson, 1945 |
| Genera | |
| Synonyms | |
SynaptomyiniKoenigswald and L. D. Martin, 1984 | |
Lemmini is atribe oflemmings in the subfamilyArvicolinae. Species in this tribe are:[1]
Tribe Lemmini
The fossil taxaMictomys,Tobienia (both thought to be allied withSynaptomys), andPlioctomys (thought to be allied withLemmus andMyopus) are also thought to belong to this group.[2]
A 2021 phylogenetic study usingmtDNA recovered Lemmini as being the mostbasal clade of the Arvicolinae, diverging during the lateMiocene, about 8 million years ago.[3]