genus lemmus

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Lemmus
mammal genus - a genus of mammals
Cricetidae, family Cricetidae - mostly small New World rodents including New World mice and lemmings and voles and hamsters
European lemming, Lemmus lemmus - notable for mass migrations even into the sea where many drown
brown lemming, Lemmus trimucronatus - of northwestern Canada and Alaska
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Although incomplete, the large size and deep buccal bays indicate this tooth probably belongs to the genus Lemmus. Additionally, in the Recent sample available (in both ROM Mammalogy and Palaeobiology), the anteriad curvature of the anterior enamel portion of each buccal bay suggests Lemmus, as this enamel portion is straighter in both Synaptomys species.
Pleistocene vertebrates from the pre-late Wisconsinan Mill Creek site, St. Clair County, Michigan
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