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The West Siberian lemming or Western Siberian brown lemming (Lemmus sibiricus) is a true lemming species found in the Russian Federation. Like other lemmings , it belongs to the family Cricetidae of rodents .
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.
The Arctic lemming (Dicrostonyx torquatus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.. Although generally classified as a "least concern" species, the Novaya Zemlya subspecies (Dicrostonyx torquatus ungulatus) is considered a vulnerable species under Russian nature conservation legislation (included in Red Book of Russian Federation since 1998).
The brown bear (Ursus arctos) is the national animal of Russia. This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Russia. There are 266 mammal species in Russia, of which five are critically endangered, thirteen are endangered, twenty-six are vulnerable, and six are near threatened.
The Beringian lemming or Beringian brown lemming (Lemmus nigripes) is a species of lemming found in Russia and North America. Taxonomy
A lemming is a small rodent, usually found in or near the Arctic in tundra biomes. Lemmings form the subfamily Arvicolinae (also known as Microtinae) together with voles and muskrats , which form part of the superfamily Muroidea , which also includes rats, mice, hamsters and gerbils .
Severnaya Zemlya is a 37,000 km 2 (14,000 sq mi) archipelago in the Russian high Arctic. It lies off Siberia 's Taymyr Peninsula , separated from the mainland by the Vilkitsky Strait . This archipelago separates two marginal seas of the Arctic Ocean, the Kara Sea in the west and the Laptev Sea in the east.
Middendorff's vole (Alexandromys middendorffi) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. [2] It is found only in Russia, most commonly north Siberia. [1]The common name commemorates Alexander Theodor von Middendorff (1815–1894), a German–Russian naturalist who traveled extensively in Siberia.