Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
OrdoTherapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Subordo: Cynodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohort: Theria
Cohort: Eutheria
Cohort: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Euarchontoglires
Ordo: Rodentia
Subordo: Myomorpha
Superfamilia: Muroidea
Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Arvicolinae
Genus: Synaptomys
Species: S. borealis – S. cooperi
Name
Synaptomys Baird, 1857
Type species: Synaptomys cooperi Baird, 1857
Synonyms
Kentuckomys Koenigswald & L. D. Martin, 1984
Metaxyomys Zakrzewski, 1972
Praesynaptomys Kowalski, 1977
References
Synaptomys in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
Vernacular names
English: Bog Lemming
Synaptomys is a genus of North American lemmings. These animals live in wet forested and open areas. They are small, cylindrical rodents with large heads and short ears, legs, and tails. They eat green vegetation such as grasses and sedges. They are often found in colonies.
Systematics
The genus Synaptomys comprises two extant species and 10 extinct species.
Extant species
Northern bog lemming (S. borealis Richardson, 1828)[1]
Southern bog lemming (S. cooperi Baird 1858)[2][3]
Extinct species
Florida bog lemming (S. australis Simpson 1928)[4]
Bunker's bog lemming (S. bunkeri Hibbard 1939)[3][4]
Morgan's bog lemming (S. morgani Martin et al. 2003)[3]
A number of other fossil species have been included here but have since been transferred to other genera, such as Mictomys[5] and Praesynaptomys.[6]
References
"Synaptomys borealis - Northern Bog Lemming". Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
"Synaptomys cooperi - Southern Bog Lemming". Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
"Synaptomys". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
Kurtén, Björn; Elaine Anderson (1980). Pleistocene Mammals of North America. New York: Columbia University Press. pp. 268–269. ISBN 0-231-03733-3. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
"Mictomys". Fossilworks.
"Praesynaptomys". Fossilworks.
Further reading
Reichel, J. (1996). Annotated Bibliography of Bog Lemmings. Montana Natural Heritage Program. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.45808.
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