True lemming

Head and body is 10-13.5 cm, and tail length is 18–26 mm.Unlike the collared lemmings, their coats do not change color in winter.These lemmings are found predominantly in tundra or high elevations.These intense population booms appear to be most common in the northern part of its range (such as Lapland).When conditions are favorable, these demographic parameters allow for a veritable explosion in population size.
PleistoceneNorway lemmingScientific classificationEukaryotaAnimaliaChordataMammaliaRodentiaCricetidaeArvicolinaeLemminiType speciesMus lemmusLinnaeusL. amurensisL. lemmusL. nigripesL. paulusL. sibiricusL. trimucronatusSynonymslemmingHolarcticPalearcticcollared lemmingstundramass suicideLaplanddemographicAmur lemmingBeringian lemmingEast Siberian lemmingWest Siberian lemmingCanadian lemmingEutheriaEuarchontogliresArvicoliniArvicolaEuropean water vole (A. amphibius)Southwestern water vole (A. sapidus)Montane water vole (A. scherman)MicrotiniAlexandromysClarke's vole (M. clarkei)Evorsk vole (M. evoronensis)Reed vole (M. fortis)Gerbe's vole (M. gerbei)Taiwan vole (M. kikuchii)Lacustrine vole (M. limnophilus)Maximowicz's vole (M. maximowiczii)Middendorff's vole (M. middendorffi)Mongolian vole (M. mongolicus)Japanese grass vole (M. montebelli)Muisk vole (M. mujanensis)Tundra vole (M. oeconomus)Sakhalin vole (M. sachalinensis)ChionomysCaucasian snow vole (C. gud)European snow vole (C. nivalis)Robert's snow vole (C. roberti)HyperacriusTrue's vole (H. fertilis)Murree vole (H. wynnei)LasiopodomysBrandt's vole (L. brandtii)Plateau vole (L. fuscus)Mandarin vole (L. mandarinus)LemmiscusSagebrush vole (L. curtatus)MicrotusField vole (M. agrestis)Anatolian vole (M. anatolicus)Common vole (M. arvalis)Cabrera's vole (M. cabrerae)Doğramaci's vole (M. dogramacii)Günther's vole (M. guentheri)Tien Shan vole (M. ilaeus)Persian vole (M. irani)Kerman vole (M. kermanensis)Southern vole (M. levis)Paradox vole (M. paradoxus)Qazvin vole (M. qazvinensis)Schidlovsky's vole (M. schidlovskii)Social vole (M. socialis)European pine vole (M. subterraneus)Transcaspian vole (M. transcaspicus)BlanfordimysAfghan vole (B. afghanus)Bucharian vole (B. bucharicus)Juniper vole (B. juldaschi)TerricolaBavarian pine vole (M. bavaricus)Calabria pine vole (M. brachycercus)Daghestan pine vole (M. daghestanicus)Mediterranean pine vole (M. duodecimcostatus)Felten's vole (M. felteni)Liechtenstein's pine vole (M. liechtensteini)Lusitanian pine vole (M. lusitanicus)Major's pine vole (M. majori)Alpine pine vole (M. multiplex)Savi's pine vole (M. savii)Tatra pine vole (M. tatricus)Thomas's pine vole (M. thomasi)MynomesBeach Vole (M. breweri)Gray-tailed vole (M. canicaudus)Montane vole (M. montanus)Creeping vole (M. oregoni)Meadow vole (M. pennsylvanicus)Townsend's vole (M. townsendii)PitymysGuatemalan vole (M. guatemalensis)Tarabundí vole (M. oaxacensis)Woodland Vole (M. pinetorum)Jalapan pine vole (M. quasiater)PedomysPrairie vole (M. ochrogaster)HyrcanicolaSchelkovnikov's pine vole (M. schelkovnikovi)incertae sedisInsular vole (M. abbreviatus)California vole (M. californicus)Rock vole (M. chrotorrhinus)Long-tailed vole (M. longicaudus)Mexican vole (M. mexicanus)Singing vole (M. miurus)Water vole (M. richardsoni)Zempoaltépec vole (M. umbrosus)Taiga vole (M. xanthognathus)NeodonForrest's mountain vole (N. forresti)Chinese scrub vole (N. irene)Linzhi mountain vole (N. linzhiensis)Sikkim mountain vole (N. sikimensis)Blyth's vole (N. leucurus)ProedromysDuke of Bedford's vole (P. bedfordi)P. liangshanensisStenocraniusNarrow-headed vole (S. gregalis)Radde's vole (S. raddei)VolemysSzechuan vole (V. millicens)Marie's vole (V. musseri)DicrostonychinilemmingsDicrostonyxNorthern collared lemming (D. groenlandicus)Ungava collared lemming (D. hudsonius)Nelson's collared lemming (D. nelsoni)Ogilvie Mountains collared lemming (D. nunatakensis)Richardson's collared lemming (D. richardsoni)Arctic lemming (D. torquatus)Unalaska collared lemming (D. unalascensis)EllobiusiniEllobiusAlai mole vole (E. alaicus)Southern mole vole (E. fuscocapillus)Transcaucasian mole vole (E. lutescens)Northern mole vole (E. talpinus)Zaisan mole vole (E. tancrei)LaguriniEolagurusYellow steppe lemming (E. luteus)Przewalski's steppe lemming (E. przewalskii)LagurusSteppe lemming (L. lagurus)Amur lemming (L. amurensis)Norway lemming (L. lemmus)Beringian lemming (L. nigripes)Wrangel Island lemming (L. paulus)Siberian brown lemming (L. sibiricus)North American brown lemming (L. trimucronatus)MyopusWood lemming (M. schisticolor)SynaptomysNorthern bog lemming (S. borealis)Southern bog lemming (S. cooperi)ClethrionomyiniAlticolaWhite-tailed mountain vole (A. albicauda)Silver mountain vole (A. argentatus)Gobi Altai mountain vole (A. barakshin)Central Kashmir vole (A. montosa)Royle's mountain vole (A. roylei)Mongolian silver vole (A. semicanus)Stolička's mountain vole (A. stoliczkanus)Tuva silver vole (A. tuvinicus)Lemming vole (A. lemminus)Large-eared vole (A. macrotis)Lake Baikal mountain vole (A. olchonensis)Flat-headed vole (A. strelzowi)CaryomysGanzu vole (C. eva)Kolan vole (C. inez)EothenomysKachin red-backed vole (E. cachinus)Pratt's vole (E. chinensis)Southwest China vole (E. custos)Père David's vole (E. melanogaster)Yunnan red-backed vole (E. miletus)Chaotung vole (E. olitor)Yulungshan vole (E. proditor)Ward's red-backed vole (E. wardi)ClethrionomysWestern red-backed vole (C. californicus)Tien Shan red-backed vole (C. centralis)Southern red-backed Vole (C. gapperi)Bank vole (C. glareolus)Imaizumi's red-backed vole (C. imaizumii)Northern red-backed vole (C. rutilus)Shansei vole (C. shanseius)CraseomysJapanese red-backed vole (C. andersoni)Royal vole (C. regulus)Hokkaido red-backed vole (C. rex)Grey red-backed vole (C. rufocanus)Smith's vole (C. smithii)OndatriniNeofiberRound-tailed muskrat (N. alleni)OndatraMuskrat (O. zibethicus)PliomyiniDinaromysBalkan snow vole (D. bogdanovi)PliophenacomyiniArborimusWhite-footed vole (A. albipes)Red tree vole (A. longicaudus)California red tree mouse (A. pomo)PhenacomysWestern heather vole (P. intermedius)Eastern heather vole (P. ungava)PrometheomyiniPrometheomysLong-clawed mole vole (P. schaposchnikowi)MyomorphaAnomalomyidaeDipodoideaDipodidaeAllactaginaeAllactagaAllactodipusPygeretmusScarturusCardiocraniinaeCardiocraniusSalpingotulusSalpingotusDipodinaeEremodipusJaculusStylodipusParadipodiniParadipusEuchoreutinaeEuchoreutesSimimyidaeSminthidaeSicistaZapodidaeEozapusNapaeozapusMuroideaArmintomyidaeArmintomysPlatacanthomyidaePlatacanthomysTyphlomysSpalacidaeMyospalacinaeEospalaxMyospalaxRhizomyinaeBrachyrhizomysCannomysRhizomysTachyoryctesSpalacinaeNannospalaxSpalaxEumuroidaCalomyscidaeCalomyscusMimomysPredicrostonyxBramusLemmusMictomicrotusPliomysCricetinaeAllocricetulusCansumysCricetulodonCricetulusCricetusMesocricetusNothocricetulusPhodopusTscherskiaUrocricetusDemocricetodontinaeKarydomysNeotominaeBaiomyiniBaiomysScotinomysNeotominiHodomysNelsoniaNeotomaXenomysOchrotomyiniOchrotomysReithrodontomyiniHabromysIsthmomysMegadontomysNeotomodonOnychomysOsgoodomysPeromyscusPodomysReithrodontomysSigmodontinaeJuliomysMegaoryzomysAbrotrichiniAbrothrixGeoxusNotiomysAkodontiniAkodonBibimysBlarinomysBrucepattersoniusDeltamysJuscelinomysKunsiaLenoxusNecromysNeomicroxusOxymycterusPodoxymysScapteromysThalpomysThaptomysAegialomysAmphinectomysCerradomysDrymoreomysEremoryzomysEuryoryzomysHandleyomysHolochilusHylaeamysLundomysMegalomysMelanomysMicroakodontomysMicroryzomysMindomysNeacomysNectomysNephelomysNesoryzomysNoronhomysOecomysOligoryzomysOreoryzomysOryzomysPseudoryzomysScolomysSigmodontomysSooretamysTanyuromysTransandinomysZygodontomysPhyllotiniAndalgalomysAndinomysAuliscomysCalassomysCalomysChinchillulaEligmodontiaEuneomysGalenomysGraomysIrenomysLoxodontomysNeotomysPhyllotisPunomysReithrodonSalinomysTapecomysThomasomyiniAbrawayaomysAepeomysChilomysDelomysPhaenomysRhagomysRhipidomysThomasomysWilfredomysWiedomyiniWiedomysIchthyomyiniAnotomysChibchanomysIchthyomysNeusticomysRheomysSigmodontiniSigmodonTylomyinaeNyctomyiniNyctomysOtotylomysTylomyiniOtonyctomysTylomysMuridaeDeomyinaeAcomysDeomysLophuromysUranomysGerbillinaeAmmodillusDesmodillisciniDesmodilliscusPachyuromysGerbilliniBrachionesDipodillusGerbillusMerionesMicrodillusPsammomysRhombomysSekeetamysDesmodillusGerbilliscusGerbillurusTateraTaterillusLeimacomyinaeLeimacomysLophiomyinaeLophiomysMurinaeCoryphomysHadromysSpelaeomysVernayaApodeminiApodemusRhagamysTokudaiaArvicanthiniAethomysArvicanthisCanariomysDasymysDephomysDesmomysGolundaGrammomysHybomysLamottemysLemniscomysMalpaisomysMicaelamysMylomysOenomysPelomysRhabdomysStochomysThallomysThamnomysHapalomyiniHapalomysHydromyiniAnisomysApomysArchboldomysBaiyankamysBrassomysChiropodomysChiruromysChrotomysCoccymysConilurusCrossomysHaeromysHydromysHyomysLeggadinaLeporillusLeptomysLorentzimysMacruromysMallomysMastacomysMelomysMesembriomysMicrohydromysMirzamysNotomysParahydromysParaleptomysParamelomysPogonomysProtochromysPseudohydromysPseudomysRhynchomysSolomysSoricomysUromysXeromysZyzomysMalacomyiniMalacomysMillardiniCremnomysDiomysMadromysMillardiaPithecheirPithecheiropsMuriniOtomyiniMyotomysOtomysParotomysPhloeomyiniBatomysCarpomysCrateromysMusseromysPhloeomysPraomyiniChingawaemysColomysCongomysHeimyscusHylomyscusMastomysMontemysMyomyscusNilopegamysOchromyscusPraomysSerengetimysStenocephalemysZelotomysRattiniAbditomysAnonymomysBandicotaBerylmysBullimusBunomysChiromyscusCrunomysDacnomysDiplothrixEchiothrixEropeplusHalmaheramysHyorhinomysKadarsanomysKomodomysLenomysLenothrixLeopoldamysLimnomysMargaretamysMaxomysMelasmothrixMicromysNesokiaNesoromysNiviventerPapagomysPalawanomysParuromysPaucidentomysPaulamysRattusSaxatilomysSommeromysSrilankamysSundamysTaeromysTarsomysTateomysTonkinomysTryphomysWaiomysVandeleuriniVandeleuriaPseudocricetodontinaeNesomyidaeCricetomyinaeBeamysCricetomysSaccostomusDelanymyinaeDelanymysDendromurinaeDendromusDendroprionomysMalacothrixMegadendromusPrionomysSteatomysMystromyinaeMystromysNesomyinaeBrachytarsomysBrachyuromysEliurusGymnuromysHypogeomysMacrotarsomysMonticolomysNesomysVoalavoPetromyscinaePetromyscusWikidataWikispeciesFauna 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