#0178 · 🦊 mammals

Norway Brown Lemming

🇳🇱 Berglemming ·Lemmus lemmus

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © GRID-Arendal · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © Gonzalo Mucientes Sandoval · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © dration · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
4. © Marco Vicariotto · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. © Fabien Terrade · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Hemsedal, Viken, NO:© rasmusmomme · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Лапландский заповедник:© Татьяна Кочеткова · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
8. Valle Municipality, Norway:© sigurdskaare · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Flå:© benteh · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Apatity gorsovet, RU-MM, RU:© w_shakhparonov · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

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.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 307iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
307 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).