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--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Arvicolinae
--> GENUS Synaptomys
--> SUBGENUS Mictomys
SPECIES Synaptomys (Mictomys) borealis
Author: | Richardson, 1828. | Citation: | Zool. J., 3: 517. | Common Name: | Northern Bog Lemming | Type Locality: | Canada, District of Mackenzie, Great Bear Lake, Fort Franklin. | Distribution: | Patchy occurrence in boreal habitats, from Alaska to N Washington, USA, eastwards across much of interior Canada to Labrador; disjunct range segment from Gaspe Peninsula, Quebec, to C New Hampshire, USA. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). | Comments: | Subgenus Mictomys. Pleistocene records establish the species in the Great Basin, far to the south of its current range (see Mead et al., 1992). |
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andersoni J. A. Allen, 1903 artemisiae Anderson, 1932 bullatus Preble, 1902 chapmani J. A. Allen, 1903 dalli Merriam, 1896 innuitus (True, 1894) medioximus Bangs, 1900 smithi Anderson and Rand, 1943 sphagnicola Preble, 1899 truei Merriam, 1896 wrangeli Merriam, 1896
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