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Lemmings are quite rounded in shape, with brown and black, long, soft fur. They have a very short tail, a stubby, hairy snout, short legs and small ears. They have a flattened claw on the first digit of their front feet, which helps them to dig in the snow. They are herbivorous, feeding mostly on mosses and grasses.
Lemmings do migrate, and in vast numbers sometimes, but notion of a deliberate march into the sea is false. According to genetic research, [ 5 ] the Norwegian lemming survived the Pleistocene glaciation in western Europe, inhabiting various refugia which were not covered by ice.
During the winter, Arctic lemmings make nests in order to help maintain thermoregulation, maintaining their young, and aids in their survival against predators. [9] One of their predators is the Arctic Fox and they would find that it difficult to hunt lemmings because they would burrow themselves deep within the snow.
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Western Europe and parts of Central Europe generally fall into the temperate maritime climate (Cfb), the southern part is mostly a Mediterranean climate (mostly Csa, smaller area with Csb), the north-central part and east into central Russia is mostly a humid continental climate (Dfb) and the northern part of the continent is a subarctic ...
These lemmings are found predominantly in tundra or high elevations. Populations can fluctuate widely and mass migrations do take place. This mass migration is probably the source of the myth that lemmings commit mass suicide. These intense population booms appear to be most common in the northern part of its range (such as Lapland).
Weather warnings have been in place throughout the weekend as the country was hit by thick snow, torrential rain and winds in excess of 80mph after temperatures plummeted earlier in the week.
A common synonym genus that is used to describe northern and southern bog lemmings is the genus Mictomys. Northern bog lemmings are in the Class Mammalia, the Order Rodentia, the Family Cricetidae, and the subfamily Arvicolinae. [7] The six different genera of lemmings include Dicrostonyx, Lemmus, Eolagurus, Synaptomys, Lagurus, and Myopus. [2]