Wikibooks: Field Guide/Mammals/Northern Bog Lemming

• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Subjects: Canada; Tundra
• Online Access: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Field_Guide/Mammals/Northern_Bog_Lemming

Mammal ID common name = Northern Bog Lemming latin name = Synaptomys borealis image = Bog lemming.gif Bog Lemming image caption = Northern Bog Lemming (this is the Southern Bog Lemming) family =Cricetidae {{Citation last= first= year= title= Northern Bog Lemming — Synaptomys borealis url=http //fieldguide.mt.gov/detail AMAFF17020.aspx accessdate= October 11 2012) size =Average length overall 4.7 inches (120 mm). Tail length .8 .9 inches (21 to 23 mm). Weight 0.77 .88 ounces (22 to 25 grams) description = The northern bog lemming has reddish brown fur that fades into gray on the under belly. It has noticeable ears that extend longer than the fur and has a very short tail. similar = Similar in appearance to mice and voles but has a much shorter tail. The only way to distinguish the northern bog lemming from the southern bog lemming is by dental and skull characteristics. Citation last=Nordquist first=Gerda year= title= Northern Bog Lemming url= http //www.dnr.state.mn.us/volunteer/novdec06/mp.html accessdate= October 11 2012) range =Northern bog lemming can be found from Kansas to Canada and throughout northern states from Washington to Maine. In Minnesota they have been found in Lake of the Woods Roseau Koochiching and Itasca counties. habitat =Areas where moisture is high and grasses are present for food and shelter. They can be found in grass meadows within forests wet meadows bogs tundra and recently burned forest areas and typically inhabit an area less than one acre. Citation last1=Linzey first1=A.V. last2=NatureServe (Reichel J.D. Hammerson G.)year=2008 title=Synaptomys borealis periodical=IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species issue=Version 2012.1 url=http //www.iucnredlist.org/ accessdate=October 11 2012 diet = The northern bog lemming consumes sedges grasses snails slugs and other invertebrates. Citation last1=Nicholas first1=Danielle year=2001 title=Synaptomys borealis periodical=Animal Diversity Web url=http //animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Synaptomys borealis/ accessdate=October 11 ...