Federal scientific center of the East Asia terrestrial biodiversity FEB RAS

FIRST FIND OF LATE PLEISTOCENE REMAINS OF THE COLLARED LEMMING (DICROSTONYX TORQUATUS PALLAS, 1779) IN THE SOUTH OF THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST

GUSEV A.E., TIUNOV M.P.

Доклады Российской академии наук. Науки о жизни 2026; 528: 219-225

Fossil remains of a collared lemming (Dicrostonyx) are described for the first time from the late Pleistocene site of Perspektivnaya Cave (Primorsky Krai). Radiocarbon dating places the finds within the MIS 2 period. Morphotype analysis of the first upper molars (M1, M2) identified the population as Dicrostonyx torquatus. These data refine our understanding of the species' range and chronology, indicating a more southerly distribution and an earlier presence of D. torquatus in the late Pleistocene than previously recognized.

DOI 10.7868/S3034505726030021

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