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Northern bog lemming

Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciurognathi
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Arvicolinae
Species : Synaptomys borealis

 

The Northern bog lemming is listed as Least Concern (LR/lc), lowest risk. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Facts about the northern bog lemming

Protection guidelines (Reichel and Corn 1997) should be applied to all sites where Northern bog lemmings are known to occur, as well as potential peatland sites not yet surveyed for them. (Full text)

Range In Montana, the northern bog lemming is at the southern margin of global distribution in the Rocky Mountains, and has been documented at 18 isolated sites. (Full text)

SYNAPTOMYS BOREALIS is currently present at the site but was not found in (Full text)

The northern bog lemming (Synaptomys borealis) is also known from this marshy area. (Full text)

The northern bog lemming is not a true lemming at all. (Full text)

The northern bog lemming, Synaptomys borealis, is native to the area all along the Pacific coast of Alaska. (Full text)

The Northern Bog Lemming is from the order Rodentia. (Full text)

  Northern bog lemmings are not documented here (nor intensively searched for), but occur in high-elevation mesic meadows elsewhere in the Big Hole drainage. (Full text)

The breeding pattern of the northern bog lemming is much like that of the other lemmings, with most breeding occurring during the summer and litters averaging three per year. (Full text)

SYNAPTOMYS BOREALIS is currently . (Full text)

from Synaptomys borealis is closely related to R. (Full text)

1. northern bog lemming, Synaptomys borealis -- (of wet alpine and subalpine meadows of Canada and Alaska)
northern bog lemming
Synaptomys borealis
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