MTNHP Bog Lemming Bibliography Page 1 6 of 1 9 



Repenning, C. A. and F. Grady. 1988. The Microtine rodents of the Cheetah room fauna, 

 Hamilton Cave, West Virginia, and the origin of SYNAPTOMYS. U.S. Geol. Survey BulL 1853:1- 

 32. 



• Give history of bog lemmings, starting with ancestral form from eastern Europe 4 million yrs ago. 

 Has found evidence that SYNAPTOMYS COOPERI evolved from the MICTOMYS line (which 

 is 3 million yrs old) only about 600.000 yrs ago. 



Rhoads, S. N. 1894. Descriptions of a new subgenus and new species of ar\'icoIine rodents from 

 British Columbia and Washington. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci . Philadelphia 1894:282-288. 



• Description of Topot>'pe of ARVICOLA BOREALIS (=SYNAPTOMYS BOREALIS) of an adult 

 female taken near Ft. Anderson, north of Great Bear Lake. [NOTE: drawing of dentition looks like 

 MICROTUS not SYNAPTOMYS BOREALIS]. 



Rose, R. K. and A. M. Spevak. 1978. Aggressive behavior in two sympatric microtine rodents. J. 

 Mammal. 59:213-216. 



• SYNAPTOMYS were less aggressive and showed more avoidance than MICROTUS in lab 

 encounter trials. 



Saunders, W. E. 1927. PHENACOMYS UNGAVA in Ontario. J. Mammal. 8:305-307. 



• Notes on captures of PHENACOMYS UNGAVA (=INTERMEDIUS) and SYNAPTOMYS. 

 Caught a SYNAPTOMYS almost daily. 



Scott, P. A. and R. L C. Hansell. 1989. The lemming community on the lichen- heath tundra at 

 Churchill, Manitoba. Can. Field-Nat. 103:358-362. 



• Describes lemming community by species and habitat. For SYNAPTOMYS BOREALIS only 2 

 were captured (2360 trap-nights), one each in a CAREX-moss-SALIX community and a SALIX 

 community. Other species present on the sites of capture included: DICROSTONYX 

 RICHARDSONI and MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS. 



Seton, E. T. 1909. Life-histories of northern animals. An account of the mammals of Manitoba. 

 Vol. 1. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. 



• Repeats other literature briefly (description, distribution, habitat of cold sphagnum bogs). No 

 original information except "shy, secretive, nocturnal" but no citation or indication of where the 

 information came from. 



Severinghaus, W. D. 1981. Methods useful in distinguishing Microtines sympatric with the 

 subgenus PEDOMYS. J. Tenn. Acad. Sci. 56:20-22. 



Shaw, W. T. 1930. The lemming mouse in North America and its occurrence in the state of 

 Washington. Murrelet 11:7-10. 



• SYNAPTOMYS BOREALIS (immature) was first captured in Washington in "the Skagit Valley, 

 Skagit Co. on 6 Aug 1859. At the head of Cascade Creek a single individual was taken on 30 Jul 

 1923 and 1 1 more during summer 1926; none were trapped in 1928 and 1929 at the same location. 



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