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True lemming

genus of mammals
Taxon taxon Q525589
True lemming
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Summary

True lemming is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,505 views/month, #1,598 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: lemming[4], Arvicolinae[5]
  • Taxon name: Lemmus[6]
  • Commons category: Lemmus[7]
  • Temporal range start: Piacenzian[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Lemmus[9]
  • Different from: Leming[10]

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Identifiers

True lemming's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 45081[11]. True lemming's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 79948[12]. True lemming's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 42336[13]. True lemming's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5219834[14]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 970222[15] and 180319[16].

Why It Matters

True lemming has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Temporal range start → Piacenzian
    Instance of → —
    Itis tsn → 970222, 180319
    Sitelink count → 34
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Itis tsn: 180319, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290800|batch #290800]]"
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