Lemmus lemmus

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• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,422 meters (0 to 4,665 feet).[1]

Ecology: It inhabits a variety of alpine and subarctic habitats including peat bogs , dwarf shrub heaths , and sparsely-vegetated slopes and ridges . Habitat use varies seasonally: in summer it prefers very moist habitats, whereas in winter it must use other habitats as wet areas freeze. During mass outbreaks, it can be found in forests , farmland, and even on frozen lakes . Large numbers of migrating lemmings may accumulate next to rivers and lakes that bar their passage , and many drown attempting the crossing (Hansson 1999).[2].

List of Habitats:

•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.1     Shrubland - Subarctic   
  
•     3.3     Shrubland - Boreal   
  
•     4     Grassland   
  
•     4.1     Grassland - Tundra   
  
•     4.2     Grassland - Subarctic   
  
•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.4     Wetlands (inland) - Bogs, Marshes, Swamps , Fens , Peatlands   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Lemmus Link

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 09-Jun-2004

Similar Species

Members of the genus Lemmus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 7 species and subspecies in this genus:

L. amurensis (Amur Lemming) · L. lemmus (Norway Lemming) · L. sibiricus (SIBERIAN BROWN LEMMING) · L. sibiricus sibiricus (Brown Lemming) · L. trimucronatus (Brown Lemming) · L. trimucronatus harroldi (Nunivak Island Brown Lemming) · L. trimucronatus nigripes (Black-Footed Brown Lemming)

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Further Reading

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• A history of British mammals / London: Gurney and Jackson, 1910-[1921]. url , , .
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• A student's text-book of zoology / by Adam Sedgwick. London: S. Sonnenschein and co.; 1898-1909. url p. 633.
• A student's text-book of zoology, by Adam Sedgwick. London, S. Sonnenschein and Co.;1898-1909. url p. 633.
• Abstract of the proceedings of the Linnaean Society of New York City, for the official year. . [New York]: The Society, [1889-1932] url p. 135.
• Advances in the study of mammalian behavior / edited by John F. Eisenberg and Devra G. Kleiman. [Stillwater, Okla.]: American Society of Mammalogists; 1983. url p. 161, p. 190.
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Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 30, 2012.
• Henttonen, H. 2008. Lemmus lemmus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 26, 2007:

• European Environment Agency, EUNIS
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• Royal Ontario Museum, Mammal specimens
• University of Alaska Museum of the North, University of Alaska Museum Mammal Collection

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 107937
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-632854
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13536440
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 632854
• IUCN ID: 218497
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 6461

Footnotes

1. Mean = 551.880 meters (1,810.630 feet), Standard Deviation = 385.910 based on 339 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
2. Henttonen, H. 2008. Lemmus lemmus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]

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