Bog lemming

Synaptomys is a genus of North American lemmings. These animals live in wet forested and open areas. They are small, cylindrical rodents with large heads and short ears, legs, and tails. They eat green vegetation such as grasses and sedges. They are often found in colonies.

Bog lemmings Temporal range: Early Pliocene - recent
Southern bog lemming
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Arvicolinae
Genus:	Synaptomys Baird, 1857
Species
Synaptomys borealis Synaptomys cooperi

Systematics

The genus Synaptomys comprises two extant species and 10 extinct species.

Extant species

• Northern bog lemming (S. borealis Richardson, 1828)[1]
• Southern bog lemming (S. cooperi Baird 1858)[2][3]

Extinct species

• Anza bog lemming (S. anzaensis Zakrzewski 1972)[4]
• Florida bog lemming (S. australis Simpson 1928)[3][4]
• Bunker's bog lemming (S. bunkeri Hibbard 1939)[3][4]
• European bog lemming (S. europeaus Kowalski)[4]
• Kansas bog lemming (S. kansasensis Hibbard 1952)[4]
• Landes's bog leming (S. landesi Hibbard 1954)[4]
• Melron's bog lemming (S. meltoni Paulson 1961)[4]
• Morgan's bog lemming (S. morgani Martin et al. 2003)[3]
• Rinker's bog lemming (S. rinkeri Hibbard 1956)[4]
• Old bog lemming (S. vetus Wison 1933)[4]

References

1. "Synaptomys borealis - Northern Bog Lemming". Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
2. "Synaptomys cooperi - Southern Bog Lemming". Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
3. "Synaptomys". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
4. Kurtén, Björn; Elaine Anderson (1980). Pleistocene Mammals of North America. New York: Columbia University Press. pp. 268–269. ISBN 0-231-03733-3. Retrieved 26 January 2013.

Further reading

• Reichel, J. (1996). Annotated Bibliography of Bog Lemmings. Montana Natural Heritage Program. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.45808.