lemming

Summary

lemming is a taxon^[1]. lemming ranks in the top 0.29% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,107 views/month, #562 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• lemming's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• lemming is classified at the rank of tribe^[4].
• lemming belongs to the parent taxon Arvicolinae^[5].
• Under binomial nomenclature, lemming is Lemmini^[6].
• lemming's Commons category is recorded as Lemmini^[7].
• lemming's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lemmini^[8].
• lemming's main food source is recorded as moss^[9].
• lemming's main food source is recorded as Poaceae^[10].
• lemming's main food source is recorded as berry^[11].
• lemming's main food source is recorded as leaf^[12].
• lemming's main food source is recorded as shoot^[13].
• lemming's main food source is recorded as root^[14].
• lemming's main food source is recorded as bulb^[15].
• lemming's main food source is recorded as lichen^[16].
• lemming's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary^[17].
• lemming's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[18].
• lemming's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[19].
• lemming's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[20].
• lemming's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition^[21].
• lemming's different from is recorded as Q48840746^[22].
• lemming's homonymous taxon is recorded as Lemmini^[23].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, lemming is Lemmini^[6]. lemming is classified at the rank of tribe^[4]. lemming belongs to the parent taxon Arvicolinae^[5].

Discovery and Description

Things named for lemming include Grizzy and the Lemmings^[24], an animated television series^[25]; Lemmy^[26], a fediverse server software^[27], founded in 2019^[28]; and Lemmings^[29], a video game series^[30].

Why It Matters

lemming ranks in the top 0.29% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,107 views/month, #562 of 195,241).^[2] lemming has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] lemming is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

Entities named for lemming include Grizzy and the Lemmings^[24], an animated television series^[25]; Lemmy^[26], a fediverse server software^[27], founded in 2019^[28]; and Lemmings^[29], a video game series^[30].