Like voles and muskrats, lemmings feed mostly on plants. They eat a wide variety of plant species, and feed on grasses, shrubs, leaves, twigs, roots, fungi, and more. During the winter, instead of collecting food in their tunnels, like pika, lemmings dig beneath the snow and search for buried food. They can eat very tough plants because, like all rodents, their teeth grow constantly.
Like voles and muskrats, lemmings feed mostly on plants. They eat a wide variety of plant species, and feed on grasses, shrubs, leaves, twigs, roots, fungi, and more. During the winter, instead of collecting food in their tunnels, like pika, lemmings dig beneath the snow and search for buried food. They can eat very tough plants because, like all rodents, their teeth grow constantly.