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collectors in the state of Washington. Murrelet 13:63-91. 



• Gives original citation and information from it on the description of SYNAPTOMYS TRUEI (=S. 

 BOREALIS) from the Skagit Valley of Washington in 1859. 



Hamilton, W. J., Jr. and J. O. Whitaker, Jr. 1979. Mammals of the eastern United States. Cornell 

 University Press. Ithaca, NY. 346 pp. 



• Listed by order. Useful information concerning distribution, habits. Provides range maps and 

 illustrations. For SYNAPTOMYS BOREALIS: distribution and description only. 



Harper, F. 1961. Land and fresh-water mammals of the Ungava Peninsula. Univ. Kansas PubL, 

 Mus. Nat. Hist. 27: includes pp. 55-62. 



• For SYNAPTOMYS BOREALIS: measurements and description. On 16 June an adult female was 

 trapped on a mossy log in swamp among tall and low willows, dwarf birch, CAREX?, sphagnum, 

 and liverwort. She had 7 embryos (13mm), enlarged mammary glands (2 pair pectoral, 2 pair 

 inguinal, with drawing), and lateral glands slightly developed (10x4. 5mm). On 17 July a male was 

 trapped on a rock in a brook flowing through mossy woods. Surrounding vegetation included 

 white spruce, tamarack, alder, willow (tall and low), Labrador tea, VIBURNUM EDULE, 

 CORNUS CANADENSIS, RUBUS, COPTIS GROENLANDICA, VIOLA, TRJENTALIS 

 BOREALIS, USNEA, and SPHAGNUM. He had moss (HYLOCOMIUM PYRENACIACUM) in 

 his mouth. Testes were 8X5mm; lateral glands greatly developed 14X8 and 2mm thick; a less 

 developed glandular area was located between each ear and foreleg. Another male found dead on 

 13 June had testes 7.5X6mm and lateral glands greatly developed 15X7mm. On the lemmings 

 were found a flea (MEGABOTHRIS ASIO ASIO) and 3 species of mites (HEMOGAMASUS 

 ALASKENSIS, LAELAPS ALASKENSIS, HAEMOLAELAPS GLASGOWl). 



Heaney, L. R. and E. C. Birney. 1975. Comments on the distribution and natural history of some 

 mammals in Minnesota. Can. Field-Nat. 89:29-34. 



• Observations on the distribution and natural history of 18 species. SYNAPTOMYS BOREALIS 

 found 10 mi S of Big Falls, an extension of the range in the central U.S. approximately 50 miles to 

 the south of previous records ( Wetzel and Gunderson 1949). 



HeUer, E. 1910. Mammals of the 1908 Alexander Alaska expedition. Univ. Calif. Publ. Zool. 

 5:321-360. 



• For SYNAPTOMYS BOREALIS: collected 8 specimens. 3 are from Cordova in "a tangle of rye- 

 grass, stumps, and salmonberry bushes." Five are from Port Nell Juan in open tundra in very 

 swampy situations near the beach. 



Hinton, M. A. C. 1926. Monograph of the voles & lemmings (Microtinae). Vol. 1 . British Mus. 

 Nat. Hist., London. 



• Taxonomic discussion of the subfamily. Places SYNAPTOMYS in the group Lemmi and says it is 

 the most primitive of the true lemmings (SYNAPTOMYS, LEMMUS, MYOPUS). Divides the 

 genus in two subgenera (SYNAPTOMYS. MICTOMYS) of which MICTOMYS is the most 

 primitive. Long descriptions of skeletal and dental ( rootless cheek teeth) differences with 

 excellent drawings of cheek teeth. Says S. BOREALIS has 8 mammae and S. COOPERI 6. Gives 



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