Northern Collard Lemming (Dicrostonyx groenlandicus)
Bandy
* Burgess calls it a Banded Lemming*
1. He tail is so short it hardly shows.
2. His ears are so small they are hidden in his fur.
3. His coat is reddish brown and grey in summer and completely white in winter.
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Brown Lemming (Lemmus trimucronatus)
1. He is much like Bandy, save that he is all brown and does not change his coat in winter.
2. They burrow and tunnel to their underground nests.
3. In winter when food gets scares they migrate together like a great army.
Meadow Jumping Mouse (Zapus hudsonius)
Nimbleheels
*According to Kaufman, the jumping mice make up their own special family within North American rodents - the family Dipodidae. The fact that they are distinguished from the Muridae family points to substantial differences in both habits and traits. The main difference, of course, is that they jump. Some have been seen jumping up to 10 feet, according to Kaufman!
1. He has small pockets in his cheeks and long hind legs for jumping.
2. Nimbleheels gets very fat as winter is approaching and then curls up in a ball and hibernates.
3. He uses his tail to balance.
4. He jumps about in times of danger, and runs about like other mice when he is safe.
I found this really cool Jumping Mouse Image to color on Wikipedia. It was drawn by Thomas Davies in 1797. It is official a Canada Jumping Mouse, but I love the mouse jumping in the foreground and balled up for hibernation in the background!
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