Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae
Author
Wilson, Don E.
Author
Reeder, DeeAnn
text
2005
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Baltimore
Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2
955
1189
book chapter
0-8018-8221-4
10.5281/zenodo.7316535
Synaptomys (Mictomys) borealis
(Richardson 1828)
[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
).