The Species Black List
Lemmus portenkoi
Wrangel lemming
The Wrangel lemming (Lemmus portenkoi) and Wrangel collared lemming (Dicrostonyx vinogradovi) are both confined to Wrangel Island, where they are considered intrinsically vulnerable due to their small range and marked population fluctuations.
- Status
- Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List
- Restriction tier
- 4, a single named site
- Class
- Mammalia
- Realm
- Arctic
- Locality
- Wrangel Island
- As IUCN records it
- Lemmus portenkoi Tchernyavsky, 1967