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| Wood lemming | |
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| Wood lemming camouflaged on the forest floor | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Arvicolinae |
| Genus: | Myopus Miller, 1910 |
| Species: | M. schisticolor
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| Binomial name | |
| Myopus schisticolor (Lilljeborg, 1844)
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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.[2]
- ^ Henttonen, H. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Myopus schisticolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T14104A115119850. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T14104A22342119.en. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.