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Conservation Status:
Two subspecies are Extinct, S. cooperi paludis, the Kansas Bog Lemming, and S. cooperi relictus, the Nebraska Bog Lemming.
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| Southern Bog Lemmings are born with whiskers and a scattering of hairs on their heads and backs. They are well-furred when they are a week old, and look like miniature adults at two weeks of age. By three weeks, they are weaned and are almost full grown. They live in a wide variety of habitats, including grasslands, mixed deciduous/coniferous woodlands, spruce-fir forests, and freshwater wetlands. They eat grasses, sedges, mosses, fungi, fruit, bark, and roots. Fossils indicate that they once lived where the Northern Bog Lemming is found today, and Southern Bog Lemmings occurred as far south as Texas and Mexico.
Also known as:
Southern Lemming Mouse
Sexual Dimorphism:
None
Length:
Range:
94-154 mm
Weight:
Range:
21.4-50 g
References:
Baird, S.F., 1857 [1858]. Mammals. In Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, p. 558. Vol. 8, Pt. 1. Mammals. Beverly Tucker Printer, Washington, D.C., 8(1):1-757 + 43 plates.
Links:
Mammal Species of the World
Click here for The American Society of Mammalogists species account
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