Synaptomys (Mictomys) borealis (Richardson 1828)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 955-1189 : 1038

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Synaptomys (Mictomys) borealis (Richardson 1828)
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[Arvicola] borealis Richardson 1828 , Zool. J., 3: 517.

Type Locality: Canada, District of Mackenzie, Great Bear Lake, Fort Franklin.

Vernacular Names: Northern Bog Lemming.

Synonyms: Synaptomys (Mictomys) andersoni J. A. Allen 1903 ; Synaptomys (Mictomys) artemisiae Anderson 1932 ; Synaptomys (Mictomys) bullatus Preble 1902 ; Synaptomys (Mictomys) chapmani J. A. Allen 1903 ; Synaptomys (Mictomys) dalli Merriam 1896 ; Synaptomys (Mictomys) innuitus ( True 1894) ; Synaptomys (Mictomys) medioximus Bangs 1900 ; Synaptomys (Mictomys) smithi Anderson and Rand 1943 ; Synaptomys (Mictomys) sphagnicola Preble 1899 ; Synaptomys (Mictomys) truei Merriam 1896 ; Synaptomys (Mictomys) wrangeli Merriam 1896 .

Distribution: Patchy occurrence in boreal habitats, from Alaska to N Washington, USA, eastwards across much of interior Canada to Labrador; disjunct range segment from Gaspe Peninsula, Quebec, to C New Hampshire, USA.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Subgenus Mictomys . Pleistocene records establish the species in the Great Basin, far to the south of its current range (see Mead et al., 1992).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Cricetidae

Genus

Synaptomys

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Synaptomys (Mictomys) borealis (Richardson 1828)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

[Arvicola] borealis

Richardson 1828: 517
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