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Typical Lemmings
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Typical Lemmings

Lemmini

A lemming is a small rodent, usually found in or near the Arctic in tundra biomes. Lemmings make up the subfamily Arvicolinae (also known as Microtinae) together with voles and muskrats, which form part of the superfamily Muroidea, which also includes rats, mice, hamsters, and gerbils.

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4 branches of this tribe, most-observed first · about 9 known species

Tundra Lemmings

genusLemmus

Synaptomys

genusSynaptomys

Wood Lemmings

genusMyopus

Mictomys

genusMictomys

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 846367.