Bog lemming
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| Bog lemmings Temporal range: Early Pliocene - Recent
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Synaptomys
Baird, 1857
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The genus Synaptomys is a group of North American lemmings.
These animals live in wet forested and open areas. They are small round rodents with large heads, short ears, legs and tails. They eat green vegetation such as grasses and sedges. They are often found in colonies.
Extant species include:
- Northern bog lemming (Synaptomys borealis Richardson, 1828)[1]
- Southern bog lemming (S. cooperi Baird 1858)[2][3]
Extinct species include:
- 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
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Further reading
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