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Wood Lemming

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Wood Lemming

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Also known as Myopus schisticolor

species of mammal

Species

Least Concern

Observations: In the wild, these animals probably do not live more than one year (Bernhard Grzimek 1990). Their longevity in captivity has not been studied in detail, though one specimen lived 2.1 years (Richard Weigl 2005).

via IUCN

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Encyclopedic overview

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.

Sex determination

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wood Lemming” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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