Yellow Steppe Lemming

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Yellow Steppe Lemming
Conservation status
Conservation Dependent (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Cricetidae Genus: Eolagurus Species: E. luteus
Binomial name
Eolagurus luteus (Eversmann, 1840)

The Yellow Steppe Lemming (Eolagurus luteus) is a species of rodent in the Cricetidae family. It is found in China, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia. Its natural habitat is temperate desert.

[edit] References

• Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
• Tchabovsky, A. 1996. Eolagurus luteus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.