Lagurus (rodent)

{{Short description|Genus of rodents}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = Late Pliocene to Recent

| image = Lagurus_lagurus.jpg

| image_caption = Steppe lemming (Lagurus lagurus)

| display_parents = 2

| taxon = Lagurus

| authority = Gloger, 1841

| type_species = Mus lagurus

| type_species_authority = Pallas, 1773

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = See text.

}}

Lagurus is a genus in the subfamily Arvicolinae (voles, lemmings, and related species). Lagurus includes a single living species, the steppe lemming (Lagurus lagurus) of central Eurasia.Musser and Carleton, 2005, p. 983 The North American sagebrush vole (Lemmiscus curtatus) has also been included in Lagurus, but is likely not closely related.Musser and Carleton, 2005, p. 985 The earliest fossils of Lagurus, allocated to Lagurus arankae, appear in the Late Pliocene. Two other fossil species, Lagurus pannonicus and Lagurus transiens, are thought to be part of a lineage that led to the living steppe lemming.Chaline et al., 1999, pp. 251–252; McKenna and Bell, 1997, p. 153