Order Rodentia Bowdich 1821

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Family Sciuidae Fischer 1817, squirrels

Genus Pteromys Cuvier 1800

  • Pteromys volans (Linnaeus 1758), Siberian Flying Squirrel – rare.

Genus Sciurus Linnaeus 1758, tree squirrels

  • Sciurus vulgaris Linnaeus 1758, Eurasian Red Squirrel – common.

Family Cricetidae Fischer 1817

Genus Arvicola Lacépède 1799

  • Arvicola terrestris (Linnaeus 1758), European (or Northern) Water Vole – rare.

Genus Cletrionomys Tilesius 1850, red-backed voles

  • Clethrionomys glareolus (Schreber 1780), Bank Vole – common, in some years dominant.
  • Clethrionomys rufocanus (Sundevall 1846), Grey Red-backed Vole – rare.
  • Clethrionomys rutilus (Pallas 1779), Northern Red-backed Vole – extremely rare.

Genus Lemmus Link 1795, true lemmings

  • Lemmus lemmus (Linnaeus 1758), Norway Lemming – reported in the WSBS vicinity in the summer of 1980; in the beginning of 1981, a skull was discovered in a pellet from a Northern Hawk Owl.

Genus Microtus Schrank 1798, meadow voles

  • Microtus agrestis (Linnaeus 1761), Field Vole – rare.
  • Microtus oeconomus (Pallas 1776), Tundra Vole or Root Vole – common on seashore meadows.

Genus Myopus Miller 1910, wood lemmings

  • Myopus schisticolor (Lillieborg 1844), Wood Lemming – rare.

Genus Ondatra Link 1795, muskrats

  • Ondatra zibethicus (Linnaeus 1766), muskrat

Family Muridae Fischer 1817

Genus Mus Linnaeus 1758, mice

  • Mus musculus Linnaeus 1758, House mouse – rare.

rus:Oтряд Rodentia Bowdich 1821, грызуны