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| | lemming - HighBeam Encyclopedia |
 | | LEMMING [lemming] name for several species of mouselike rodents related to the voles. |
 | | The snow, or collard, lemmings, Dicrostonyx, found in the arctic regions of Asia and North America, are pure white in winter and brown, gray, or reddish in summer; this color change is unique among rodents. |
 | | The steppe lemmings, members of the genus Lagarus, of S Russia and Mongolia, are properly classified as voles; the North American species of this genus, Lagarus curtatus, is found in the W United States and is known as the sagebrush vole. |
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