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Wood Lemmings
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Wood Lemmings

Myopus

The wood lemming (Myopus schisticolor) is a species of rodents in the family Cricetidae. It belongs to the Arvicolinae subfamily of rodents, so is a relative of the voles, lemmings, and muskrats. It is found in the taiga biome of China, Finland, Mongolia, Norway, Russia, and Sweden.

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1 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 1 known species

wood lemming

speciesMyopus schisticolor

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 45085.