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preferably in wet moss." One area was a small boggy place partially filled with dead logs and 

 branches and overgrown with moss. Says they make runways slightly smaller than MICROTUS 

 and usually in "moss rather than grass and weeds." Gives description and measurements. 



Osgood, W. H. 1904. Natural history of the Cook Inlet region, Alaska. N. Amer . Fauna 21:51-81. 



• Collected 1 SYNAPTOMYS DALLI (=BOREALIS) a small peat bog near Hope. Gives 

 description and measurements. 



Osgood, W. H. 1907. Some unrecognized and misapplied names of American mammals . Proc. 

 Biol. Soc. Wash. 20:43-52. 



• Redescribes Type specimen and gives some of original description of ARVICOLA 

 ( =SYNAPTOMYS) BOREALIS from Richardson (1828). 



Osgood, W. H. 1909. Biological investigations in Alaska and Yukon Territory. N . Amer. Fauna 

 30. 86 pp. 



• For SYNAPTOMYS BOREALIS: "Rather rare, only 4 specimens taken" in E Central AK . 1 

 taken in a "grassy swamp" other 3 near timberhne at the head of Seward Creek. In the Ogilvie 

 Range 2 were taken in "cold Swamps." In the MacMillan region 5 were taken in a sphagnum 

 swamp near mouth of Russell Creek. 



Pearson, D. E. 1991. The northern bog lemming in Montana and the contiguous United States: 

 Distribution, Ecologj' and relic species theory. Unpubl. Senior Thesis, Univ. Mont., Missoula. 33 

 pp. 



• SYNAPTOMYS surveys were conducted with Sherman live traps at 1 6 sites. Describes 4 new 

 lemming capture sites in Glacier National Park (McGee Meadows (1 animal), Little McGee 

 Meadows (2), Numa Ridge Bog (1), and McDonald Creek ( 1)) and a new specimen from the 

 known Shoofly Meadows site [see Adelman 1979 ]. The McDonald Creek site was part of a 

 general small mammal project and has been surveyed on multiple occasions but only a single 

 lemming has been captured. This site is in old-growth western hemlock (TSUGA 

 HETEROPHYLLA) without typical bog/fen habitat (includes plant list). The other sites are all 

 typical bog/fen habitat with thick sphagnum moss mats and are structurally described in some 

 detail with vegetation mentioned to the generic level. Other small mammals captured at lemming 

 sites included: CLETHRIONOMYS GAPPERI, PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS, SOREX 

 spp., MICROTLIS spp, TAMIAS spp. Trapping success was 1 lemming per 806 Sherman live 

 trap-nights ( 16 sites with 4030 TN). Mortality rate for lemmings was 60% 93 of 5). Tracking 

 board sampling was tried, but lemming dropping could not be differentiated from MICROTUS 

 (CLETHRIONOMYS and SOREX could be). Includes a summary of most of the specimens taken 

 in the lower 48 states. Good discussion of research methodologies and distribution. 



Peterson, R. L. 1966. The mammals of eastern Canada. Oxford University Press. Toronto, 

 Canada. 465 pp. 



• Good general reference; body measurements; references. For SYNAPTOMYS BOREALIS : 

 rarest rodent in collections for eastern Canada. Description. Notes that 2 specimens taken in mid- 

 January and mid- April at Indian House Lake, Quebec, showed extreme enlargement of 2 middle 

 claws on the front feet; it is unkno^wn if this is normal since only 2 specimens have ever been 



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