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Clark, B. K. and D. W. Kaufman. 1990. Short-term responses of small mammals to experimental 

 fire in tallgrass prairie. Can. J. Zool. 68:2450-2454. 



• Short-term response to burning was moving off area by most harvest mice, southern bog 

 lemmings, and prairie voles; deer mice moved onto burned area. 



Clough, G. C, and J. J. Albright. 1987. Occurrence of the northern bog lemming, SYNAPTOMYS 

 BOREALIS, in the northeastern United States. Can. Field- Naturalist 101:611-613. 



• Three specimens of SYNAPTOMYS BOREALIS for Maine and one for New Hampshire are 

 reported. On 1 8-20 July 1 immature female and 1 aduh female (4 embryos) were captured in 

 pitfalls (117 Sherman live trap-nights, 108 pitfall trap- nights). Both were captured at 1375 m in a 

 wet sedge meadow dominated by CAREX , sphagnum moss, lichen (CETRARIA NIVALIS), 

 SALIX UVA-URSI, and BETULA GLANDULOSA. Associated species at the site were 

 MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS, CLETHRIONOMYS GAPPERI, PEROMYSCUS 

 MANICULATUS, BLARINA BREVICAUDA, and SOREX CINEREUS. A single immature 

 male SYNAPTOMYS BOREALIS was captured on 1 1 Aug in a stand of dead fir and spruce at 

 400 m elevation. Understory was dominated by fir, spruce, mountain ash, and paper birch; shrub 

 and ground layer was dense raspberry, ferns, some grass and sedge, and sphagnum in scattered 

 damp areas. The area was trapped in 1982 (360 trap-nights), July 1985 (135 Longworth live trap- 

 nights) and Aug 1985 (300 snap trap-nights). Other mammals at this site included MICROTUS 

 CHROTORRHINUS, M. PENNSYLVANICUS , CLETHRIONOMYS GAPPERI, 

 PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS, and SOREX CINEREUS. There are now a total of 7 

 specimens from 4 locations in Maine and New Hampshire. 



Coffin, B. and L. PfannmuUer (eds). 1988. Minnesota's endangered flora and fauna. U. Minn. 

 Press, Minneapolis. 



• Good reference for Minnesota sensitive species with state maps with county of occurrence, status 

 and basis for status, habitat, identification, recommendations, and selected references. 

 SYNAPTOMYS BOREALIS summarizes the 5 locations in N MN where lemmings are known. 

 Suggests the species may be difficult to trap. Habitat given as dominated by sphagnum and 

 graminoids; may include forested bogs or open ericaceous shrublands over total range. 

 Recommend additional sampling by qualified professionals and preservation of large tracts of 

 peatlands. 



Cowan, I. M., and C. J. Guiguet. 1965. The mammals of British Columbia. Brit. Columbia Prov. 

 Mus. Handbook 11. 414 pp. 



• For SYNAPTOMYS BOREALIS: description and measurements; Habitat: usually wet alpme and 

 subalpme meadows; runways and bun'ows well defined; moves to higher ground in winter; eats 

 sedges, grasses, saxifrages, and other plants; makes small piles of cuttings in runways; deposits 

 droppings in special places where 2 cupfuls may accumulate; 2-8 young per litter, usually 4-5; 

 young bom May-Aug; winter nest of dry grass 8" diameter; no citations for any of this 

 information. 



Cowan, I. McT. 1939. The vertebrate fauna of the Peace River District of British Columbia. 

 Occasional Papers B.C. Prov. Mus. 1. 



• For SYNAPTOMYS BOREALIS: On 28 June found a colony in muskeg and 4 were taken . 



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