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Norway Brown Lemming

Lemmus lemmus

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) rammberg, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 4,908, February 3,625, March 5,680, April 8,936, May 12,884, June 14,049, July 15,034, August 12,929, September 9,492, October 7,085, November 3,872, December 3,026.
United States101,520
Alaska101,520
Norway105
Russia29
Murmansk Oblast29
Vestland26
Troms og Finnmark25
Vestfold og Telemark24
Sweden22
Norrbottens län14

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Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderRodents · Rodentia
FamilyHamsters, Voles, Lemmings, and Allies · Cricetidae
GenusTundra Lemmings · Lemmus

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