northern bog lemming


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Noun1.northern bog lemming - of wet alpine and subalpine meadows of Canada and Alaska
Synaptomys borealis
lemming - any of various short-tailed furry-footed rodents of circumpolar distribution
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In Churchill, Manitoba, Lang and others (1991) reported that nestling Northern Hawk Owls were fed Red-backed Voles, a Heather Vole (Phenacomys intermedins), and a Northern Bog Lemming (Synaptomys borealis).
First nest records of Northern Hawk Owls (Surnia ulula) in Montana, with notes on behavior and food habits
The following efforts were for 6 d unless abbreviated due to disturbance by carnivores: monitored (M) sites in VNP (Table 2), and sites inventoried for eastern heather vole (Phenacomys ungava) and northern bog lemming (Synaptomys borealis) (see below).
Distribution of a boreal rodent linked to a lobe of the Wisconsinan glaciation
There are other possible environmental issues, such as impacts on Bicknell's thrush and the northern bog lemming, as well as the project's location in a relatively undeveloped forestland area.
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