Synaptomys borealis

Synaptomys borealis (Richardson, 1828). Zool. J., 3:517. TYPE LOCALITY: Canada, District of Mackenzie, Great Bear Lake, Fort Franklin. DISTRIBUTION: Alaska to N Washington, USA, eastwards across much of interior Canada to Labrador; disjunct range segment from Gaspe Peninsula, Quebec, to C New Hampsh...

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Main Authors: Guy G. Musser, Michael D. Carleton
Format: Other/Unknown Material
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Published: Smithsonian Institution Press 1993
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Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/7283041
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7283041
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Summary:Synaptomys borealis (Richardson, 1828). Zool. J., 3:517. TYPE LOCALITY: Canada, District of Mackenzie, Great Bear Lake, Fort Franklin. DISTRIBUTION: 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. SYNONYMS: andersoni, artemisiae, bullatus, chapmani, dalli, innuitus, medioximus, smithi, sphagnicola, truei, wrangeli. COMMENTS: Subgenus Mictomys. Pleistocene records establish the species in the Great Basin, far to the south of its current range (see Mead et al., 1992). Published as part of Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, pp. 501-755 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 534, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.7353098