Wood lemming: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Wood lemming Myopus schisticolor Least concern

Where the wood lemming lives – recorded in 4 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 892 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See mice, rats & other rodents on the world map

Scientific name	Myopus schisticolor
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	4 countries
Continents	Europe
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Cricetidae

Where does the wood lemming live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the wood lemming in 4 countries and territories across Europe.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the wood lemming endangered?

The wood lemming’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the wood lemming?

The wood lemming (Myopus schisticolor) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Cricetidae, genus Myopus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the wood lemming

The wood lemming (Myopus schisticolor) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It belongs to the rodent subfamily Arvicolinae, so is a relative of the voles, lemmings, and muskrats.

It is found in the taiga biome of China, Estonia, Finland, Mongolia, Norway, Russia, and Sweden.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Wood lemming (revision 1376061349), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q665347 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).