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Habitat was 50 feet square and the "mossy carpet was honeycombed with tunnels." Fecal pellets 

 were strewn about the tunnels, concentrated where feeding was occurring. 1-1.5 inch cuttings of 

 grass were piled throughout the colony. Also caught here were MICROTUS 

 PENNSYLVANICUST Measurements. 



Cross, E. C. 1938. SYNAPTOMYS BOREALIS from Godbout, Quebec. J. Mammal. 19:378. 



• Single immature taken, with description and measurements. 



Dalquest, W. W. 1948. Mammals of Washington. University of Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ. 2:1- 

 444. 



• Distributional accounts which include brief descriptions and accounts of habits; dot and associated 

 shading on maps; key to spp. SYNAPTOMYS BOREALIS shows known 2 locations and a 

 possible location (later verified by Wilson, Johnson and Reichel 1980). 



Dearden, L. C. 1958. The baculum in LAGURUS and related Microtines. J. Mammal „ 39:541-553. 



• Describes variation in the baculi of LAGURUS. Compares baculi across Microtine genera 

 including LEMMUS, SYNAPTOMYS, DICROSTONYX, CLETHRIONOMYS, 

 PHENACOMYS, and MICROTUS (drawings). SYNAPTOMYS is shown to be most closely 

 related to DICROSTONYX. 



Dice, L. R. 1921. Notes on the mammals of interior Alaska. J. Mammal. 2:20-28. 



• Records of unusual specimens taken in Alaska. Two SYNAPTOMYS BOREALIS taken, one in 

 scrub willows and one in horsetails. 



Downing, S. C. 1940. First Ontario record of the subgenus MICTOMYS. Can. Field -Nat. 54:109- 

 110. 



• One immature male 25 July 1939 at Moosonee, Ontario. Taken on an open bank of a small creek 

 draining a bog. Surrounding area had spruce trees and deep mossy ground cover. Measurements 

 and description. 



Dutcher, B. H. 1903. Mammals of Mt. Katahdin, Maine. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 16 :63-72. 



. Describes 36 mammals known from Mt. Katahdin. For SYNAPTOMYS BOREALIS, 2 were 

 trapped in balsam scrub by a spring at 4500 ft. during >270 trap-nights. 



Edwards, R. L. 1963, Obser\'ations on the small mammals of the southeastern shore of Hudson 

 Bay. Can. Field-Nat. 77:1-12. 



• Caught 25 individuals at 5 sites (185 trap-nights); most were caught in open, very wet places. No 

 scat piles or cuttings were associated with this species. Only 2 showed breeding activity, a male 

 with scrotal testes on 23 Aug and a female with 3 embryos on 1 Sept. Most mice appeared to be 

 yearlings. There appeared to be two litters per year, with some young breeding the same summer 

 they were bom. Description & measurements. 



Foresman, K. R. and D. E. Pearson. 1990. Ecology of the northern bog lemming [ abstract]. Sci. 



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