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Genus LEMMUS Link. (Lemmings.) 



1795. Lemmus Link, Beytrage zur Naturgesch., vol. 1, pt. 2, 

 p. 75. Type, Miis lemmus Linn^us. 



t*Lemmus alascensis Merriam. 



1885. Myodes ohensis True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7 (1884), 



p. 596. 1885. (Part.) 

 1900. Lemmus alascensis Mereiam, Proc. Washington Acad. Sci., 



vol. 2, p. 26. March 14, 1900. 

 Type Locality. — Point Barrow, Alaska. 



*Lemmus helvolus (Richardson). 



1828. Arvicola (Lemmus) MwZwvS Richardson, Zool. Jonrn., vol. 3, 



p. 517. 

 1908. Lemmus helvolus Preble, North Amer. Fauna, No. 27, 



p. 182. October 26, 1908. 

 Type Locality. — Near the headwaters of one of the southern 



tributaries of the Peace River, or between there and the Jasper 



House region, Alberta, Canada (Preble). 



t*Lemmus minusculus Osgood. 



1904. Lemmus minusculus Osgood, North Amer. Fauna, No. 24, 



p. 36. November 23, 1904. 

 Type Locality. — Kaklitul River, near its junction with the 

 Malchatna River, Alaska. 



t*Lemmus nigripes (True). 



1894. Myodes nigripes True, Diagnoses of new North American 



mammals, p. 2. April 26, 1894. (Reprint, Proc. U. S. Nat. 



Mus., vol. 17, p. 242. November 15, 1894.) 

 1896. L[emmus] nigripes Miller, North Amer. Fauna, No. 12, 



p. 37. July 23, 1896. 

 Type Locality. — St. George Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska. 



*Lemmus trimucronatus (Richardson). 



1825. Arvicola trimucronata Richardson, Journ. Parry's Second 



voyage, app., p. 309. 

 1900. Lemmus trimucronatus Stone, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 



Philadelphia, p. 35. March 24, 1900. 

 Type Locality.— Point Lake, Mackenzie, Canada. 



t*Lemmus yukonensis Merriam. 



1900. Lemmus yukonensis Merriam, Proc. Washington Acad. 



Sci., vol. 2, p. 27. March 14, 1900. 

 Type Locality. — Charlie Creek, Yukon River. Alaska. 



