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Species
Least ConcernObservations: 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).
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- taxon name
- Myopus schisticolor
- Commons category
- Myopus schisticolor
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon rank
- species
- Commons gallery
- Myopus schisticolor
- taxon common name
- skoglemen
- habitat
- forest
- short name
- M. schisticolor
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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.