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Sagebrush Vole

Lemmiscus curtatus

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25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Saskatchewan.January 74, February 83, March 102, April 328, May 920, June 844, July 640, August 410, September 337, October 270, November 94, December 90.
Canada7,807
Saskatchewan4,194
Alberta3,595
United States3,112
California417
Nevada400
New Mexico259
Utah250
Oregon233
Texas210

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderRodents · Rodentia
FamilyHamsters, Voles, Lemmings, and Allies · Cricetidae
GenusLemmiscus

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