Species: Synaptomys borealis
Northern Bog Lemming
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Rodentia
Family
Cricetidae
Genus
Synaptomys
NatureServe
Classification
Other Global Common Names
campagnol-lemming boréal
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Vertebrates - Mammals - Rodents
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Craniata - Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae - Synaptomys - (Hall 1981; Jones et al. 1986, 1992; Musser and Carleton, in Wilson and Reeder 1993, 2005).
Ecology and Life History
Short General Description
A small, short-tailed lemming.
Migration
true - false - false
Non-migrant
true
Locally Migrant
false
Food Comments
Feeds on grasses, sedges, and other herbaceous vegetation.
Reproduction Comments
Breeds May-August. Gestation lasts probably 3 weeks. Litter size is 2-8 (average 4). Several litters per year. At least some breed during the summer of their birth.
Ecology Comments
Maintains a home range of probably less than 1 acre. Population densities may range up to 3 dozen per acre. Very sociable; may be found in small colonies.
Length
14
Weight
34
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G4
Global Status Last Reviewed
1996-11-15
Global Status Last Changed
1996-11-15
Other Status
LC - Least concern
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
FG - 20,000-2,500,000 square km (about 8000-1,000,000 square miles) - FG - Labrador west to central Alaska, south to Washington, Montana, southeastern Manitoba and northern New England (see Clough and Albright 1987 for recent records from Baxter State Park, Maine, and from Mt. Moosilauke, Grafton County, New Hampshire). Distribution is apparently spotty even in the center of range in central Canada.
Global Range Code
FG
Global Range Description
20,000-2,500,000 square km (about 8000-1,000,000 square miles)