Synaptomys borealis (rodent)

Mass: 21.3 g based on Smith and Foster 1957

Abundance: 0.01 to 4.28% (median 1.51%)

Latitudinal range: 36.3° to 58.8°

Habitats: (5), boreal forest/taiga (1)

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Found in 6 samples

Canada: Churchill (1952)

United States: Bat Cave (Late Pleistocene), Robinson Cave (Late Pleistocene), Bootlegger Sink (Pleistocene - Holocene), New Paris Sinkhole No. 4 (Late Pleistocene), Natural Chimneys (Late Pleistocene)

Size measurements:
body mass21.3 gN = 10Smith and Foster 1957
hind foot length19 mmN = 10Smith and Foster 1957
hind foot length19 mmN = 1Quay 1955
hind foot length20 mmN = 1Quay 1955
hind foot length20 mmN = 1Quay 1955
tail length23 mmN = 10Smith and Foster 1957
tail length22 mmN = 1Quay 1955
tail length23 mmN = 1Quay 1955
tail length24 mmN = 1Quay 1955
total body length118 mmN = 10Smith and Foster 1957
total body length127 mmN = 1Quay 1955
total body length117 mmN = 1Quay 1955
total body length115 mmN = 1Quay 1955

See also Synaptomys, Synaptomys australis, Synaptomys cooperi, Synaptomys sp.