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Mictomys (bog lemming)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Taxonomy
Mictomys was named by True (1894) [also attributed to Baird 1857]. It is extant. Its type is Mictomys innuitus.
It was synonymized subjectively with Synaptomys by Merriam (1896), Miller (1896), Preble (1899), Bangs (1900), Howell (1927), Zakrzewski (1972), Martin (1979), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Hall (1981), Martin (1989), Voorhies and Voorhies (1991) and Dalquest and Schultz (1992); it was reranked as Synaptomys (Mictomys) by Seymour (2004).
It was assigned to Cricetidae by True (1894), von Koenigswald and Martin (1984), Repenning (1992), Wood and Barnosky (1994), Repenning et al. (1995), McKenna and Bell (1997), Fejfar and Repenning (1998) and Albright (1999); and to Synaptomys by Seymour (2004).
It was synonymized subjectively with Synaptomys by Merriam (1896), Miller (1896), Preble (1899), Bangs (1900), Howell (1927), Zakrzewski (1972), Martin (1979), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Hall (1981), Martin (1989), Voorhies and Voorhies (1991) and Dalquest and Schultz (1992); it was reranked as Synaptomys (Mictomys) by Seymour (2004).
It was assigned to Cricetidae by True (1894), von Koenigswald and Martin (1984), Repenning (1992), Wood and Barnosky (1994), Repenning et al. (1995), McKenna and Bell (1997), Fejfar and Repenning (1998) and Albright (1999); and to Synaptomys by Seymour (2004).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1894 | Mictomys True |
| 1984 | Mictomys von Koenigswald and Martin |
| 1992 | Mictomys Repenning |
| 1994 | Mictomys Wood and Barnosky |
| 1995 | Mictomys Repenning et al. |
| 1997 | Mictomys McKenna and Bell |
| 1998 | Mictomys Fejfar and Repenning |
| 1999 | Mictomys Albright |
| 2004 | Synaptomys (Mictomys) Seymour |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available