Lagurini
# Lagurini

Lagurini is a tribe of lemmings in the subfamily Arvicolinae. It contains three species in two genera. Species in this tribe are known as steppe lemmings.

It contains the following species:

* Genus Eolagurus
   * Yellow steppe lemming, E. luteus
   * Przewalski's steppe lemming, E. przewalskii
* Genus Lagurus
   * Steppe lemming, L. lagurus

Phylogenetic evidence based on mtDNA supports the water voles of the genus Arvicola not in fact belonging to the tribe Arvicolini, but rather forming a sister group to the Lagurini. Based on the study, the Lagurini and Arvicola together form a sister group to a clade comprising Hyperacrius and the rest of the Arvicolini.

