A brief guide to rodent species

MYOMORPHA: Mouse-like rodents


RODENT SPECIES (3)
Common Name Species Name Origin Comments
LEMMINGS
True Lemming Lemmus lemmus Norway, Sweden, Finland, NW Russia  
L. sibiricus Arctic Russia (White Sea to Bering Straits), N America (Alaska to Baffin Island and British Columbia)
L. amurensis E Siberia
Steppe Lemming (Sagebrush Vole) Lagurus lagurus Steppe regions of Ukraine as far east as W Mongolia and Sinkiang, China  
L. luteus Kazakh and C Mongolia
L. curtatus W USA (Great Basin and Great Plains regions), Canada (Great Plains region, inc. Alberta and Sasketchwan
Collared Lemming Dicrostonyx torquatus Tundra regions of NE Europe and Siberia  
D. groenlandicus Alaska, NW and N Canada and Greenland
D. exsul St Lawrence Island, Canada
D. hudsonius Canada (N Quebec, Newfoundland)
VOLES
Bank Vole Lethrionomys glareclus Europe inc. Britain, Eurasia  
Field Vole
Short-Tailed Vole
Microtus agresticus Europe inc. Britain, Eurasia  
Heather Vole Phenacomys spp Sub-Arctic Canada and W USA as far as California  


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