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Lemmus lemmus (Norway lemming)

Synonyms: Cuniculus iterator; Lemmus borealis; Lemmus norvegicus; Mus lemmus (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Norway lemming, also Norwegian lemming (Lemmus lemmus) is a common species of lemming found in northern Fennoscandia. It is the only vertebrate species endemic to the region. The Norway lemming dwells in tundra and fells, and prefers to live near water. Adults feed primarily on sedges, grasses and moss. They are active at both day and night, alternating naps with periods of activity.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
4
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
23
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 8.58
EDGE Score: 2.26
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  70 grams
Birth Weight [1]  4 grams
Diet [2]  Frugivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  10 %
Diet - Plants [2]  90 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Female Maturity [1]  24 days
Male Maturity [1]  44 days
Gestation [1]  19 days
Litter Size [1]  7
Litters / Year [1]  3
Maximum Longevity [1]  3 years
Snout to Vent Length [3]  6 inches (14 cm)
Weaning [1]  15 days

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Kola Peninsula tundra Russia Palearctic Tundra
Scandinavian and Russian taiga Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia Palearctic Boreal Forests/Taiga
Scandinavian Montane Birch forest and grasslands Norway, Sweden, Finland Palearctic Tundra

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Laplandskiy Biosphere Reserve 757114 Russia  

Prey / Diet

Avenella flexuosa (wavy hairgrass)[4]
Geranium sylvaticum (woodland geranium)[4]
Lysimachia europaea (arctic starflower)[4]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Chloris chloris (European Greenfinch)1
Fringilla coelebs (Common Chaffinch)1
Microtus oeconomus (tundra vole)2
Myodes rufocanus (gray red-backed vole)1
Passer domesticus (House Sparrow)1

Predators

Aquila chrysaetos (Golden Eagle)[5]
Vulpes lagopus (Arctic Fox)[6]

Consumers

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 4"Shedding new light on the diet of Norwegian lemmings: DNA metabarcoding of stomach content", Eeva M. Soininen, Lucie Zinger, Ludovic Gielly, Eva Bellemain, Kari Anne Bråthen, Christian Brochmann, Laura S. Epp, Galina Gussarova, Kristian Hassel, John-André Henden, Siw T. Killengreen, Teppo Rämä, Hans K. Stenøien, Nigel G. Yoccoz, Rolf A. Ims, Polar Biology July 2013, Volume 36, Issue 7, pp 1069-1076
♦ 5Golden Eagles on the Swedish mountain tundra – diet and breeding success in relation to prey fluctuations, Jesper Nyström, Johan Ekenstedt, Anders Angerbjörn, Linda Thulin, Peter Hellström & Love Dalén, Ornis Fennica 83:145–152. 2006
♦ 65.1 Arctic fox, Alopex lagopus, A. Angerbjörn, P. Hersteinsson and M. Tannerfeldt, Sillero-Zubiri, C., Hoffmann, M. and Macdonald, D.W. (eds). 2004. Canids: Foxes, Wolves, Jackals and Dogs. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. IUCN/SSC Canid Specialist Group. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. x + 430 pp.
♦ 7International Flea Database
♦ 8Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0