Common Name
Southern Bog Lemming
Order
Rodentia
Family
Cricetidae
Species Name
Synaptomys cooperi
Status
Extinct as S. c. paludis and S. c. relictus, otherwise Lower Risk (lc)
States
Arkansas
Connecticut
Delaware
Georgia
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Maryland
Maine
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
North Carolina
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Tennessee
Virginia
Vermont
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Distribution
Midwestern and E USA through SE Canada, including Nova Scotia and Cape Breton Island; as far south as W North Carolina and NE Arkansas; outlying populations in SW Kansas, W Nebraska, and the Dismal Swamp region of SE Virginia-NE North Carolina
Notes
Mainly nocturnal, sometimes active by day. Eats mostly grass and sedges, also some fungi, berries and moss. Lives in colonies of 3-30. Habitat is variable, but usually in or near green grass and sedge; found around sphagnum bogs, in dense woodlands, spruc
Illinois
Occur sporadically in Illinois; good swimmers