{"id":526,"date":"2012-06-19T13:44:10","date_gmt":"2012-06-19T17:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/209.240.158.253\/wordpress\/?p=526"},"modified":"2022-10-05T10:49:59","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T14:49:59","slug":"northern-bog-lemming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northwoodscenter.org\/wordpress\/northern-bog-lemming\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern Bog Lemming*"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Synaptomys borealis<\/em><\/p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/www.northwoodscenter.org\/smaspecies\/images\/northernboglemming.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" border=\"0\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo credit: fieldguide.mt.gov<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>ID<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Very short tails<\/li>\n<li>Lightly grooved incisor<\/li>\n<li>Dull brown upper parts, sometimes with an olive wash<\/li>\n<li>Bicolored tail (Whitaker)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Distribution<\/h2>\n<div><a title=\"Credit: Smithsonian Institution\" href=\"https:\/\/www.northwoodscenter.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/s.borealis.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload none\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27150%27%20height%3D%27150%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20150%20150%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27150%27%20height%3D%27150%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.northwoodscenter.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/s.borealis-150x150.gif\" alt=\"Credit: Smithsonian Institution\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<h2>Reproduction<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Breeding season is from May until late August<\/li>\n<li>Litter size is between 2 and 8 young, and females are able to produce more than one litter per season (Smithsonian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Behavior<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Scarcely captured and don&#8217;t respond to baiting (Whitaker)<\/li>\n<li>Active on the surface as well as in their burrows when there is no snow cover, though they stay underground more often in the summer, presumably to avoid predators<\/li>\n<li>In the winter they build nests beneath the snow using grasses and mosses and sedges (Smithsonian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Food Habits<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Sedges and grasses (Smithsonian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Size\/Life Cycle<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Average Measurements: 110-140 mm (total length), 27-35 g (total weight)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Predators<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Ravens (Whitaker)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Habitat<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Highly variable<\/li>\n<li>Sphagnum bogs, dense woods (Whitaker)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Synaptomys borealis ID Very short tails Lightly grooved incisor Dull brown upper parts, sometimes with an olive wash Bicolored tail 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