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A lemming is a small rodent, usually found in or near the Arctic in tundra biomes. ... These rodents live in large tunnel systems beneath the snow in winter, which ...
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.
Although the bog lemmings are not indigenous to Florida at the present time, remains are known there from the Pleistocene, indicating the range of these normally cold-adapted rodents extended further south during glaciation events. [2] The Florida bog lemming was described from a lower jaw collected from Pleistocene deposits in 1928. [3]
The southern bog lemming (Synaptomys cooperi) is a small North American lemming. Its range overlaps with the other species in genus Synaptomys , the northern bog lemming , in southeastern Canada , but extends farther south.
The northern bog lemming is an omnivorous mammal that primarily feeds on grasses, moss and sedge. Occasionally, they will eat insects, worms, slugs, snails, or fungi. A common habit of these lemmings, which signifies their presence in an area, is that they create surface tunnels under vegetation to travel through and to forage in.
The round-tailed muskrat is a semiaquatic and nocturnal species native to the southeastern United States. [3] Limited sexual dimorphism is seen among round-tailed muskrats, with female adults weighing an average of 262 grams (9.2 oz) and male adults measuring at a slightly heavier average of 279 grams (9.8 oz). [3]
Florida once had a large number of species that formerly occupied the state in prehistoric and historic times, but became locally extinct or extirpated; such as the Florida short-faced bear, Florida black wolf, Dire wolf, Dexteria floridana, Florida bog lemming, Long-nosed peccary, Caribbean monk seal, Carolina parakeet, Great auk, Passenger ...
On Bylot Island they prefer to live in the South plain of the island and mostly live in the polygon fen, also known as wetlands, which mostly supports the graminoids that they rely on for food (Bety et al. 2002). During winter brown lemmings live in insulated burrows in the ground made out of sedges and grasses (Reid et al. 2011).