TN10070 SOUTHERN BOG LEMMING SYNAPTOMYS COOPERI
Trophic| References | |
| HERBIVORE | 211 |
| Herbivore | 5881 |
| Lifestage | Food Item Consumed | Part of Food Item |
| Adult | Plants | |
| Adult | Plants | Leaves/Needles |
| Adult | Eumycophyta | |
| Adult | Bryophyta | |
| Adult | Bryophyta | Leaves/Needles |
| Adult | Lichens | Leaves/Needles |
| Adult | Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants) | Leaves/Needles |
| Adult | Dicotyledoneae | Roots |
| Adult | Dicotyledoneae | Bark |
| Adult | Dicotyledoneae | Branches/Twigs |
| Adult | Dicotyledoneae | Leaves/Needles |
| Adult | Rosaceae | Fruit/Seeds |
| Adult | Ericaceae | Fruit/Seeds |
| Adult | Ranunculaceae | Leaves/Needles |
| Adult | Vacciniaceae | Fruit/Seeds |
| Adult | Poaceae | Roots |
| Adult | Poaceae | Bole/Stem |
| Adult | Poaceae | Leaves/Needles |
| Adult | Poaceae | Fruit/Seeds |
| Adult | Bamboo | Bole/Stem |
| Adult | Bamboo | Leaves/Needles |
| Adult | Bamboo | Fruit/Seeds |
| Adult | Cyperaceae | Roots |
| Adult | Cyperaceae | Bole/Stem |
| Adult | Cyperaceae | Leaves/Needles |
| Adult | Insects | |
| Adult | Insects | Larva stage |
| Adult | Coleoptera | Adult stage |
| General | Plants | |
| General | Plants | Leaves/Needles |
| General | Eumycophyta | |
| General | Bryophyta | |
| General | Bryophyta | Leaves/Needles |
| General | Lichens | Leaves/Needles |
| General | Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants) | Leaves/Needles |
| General | Dicotyledoneae | Roots |
| General | Dicotyledoneae | Bark |
| General | Dicotyledoneae | Branches/Twigs |
| General | Dicotyledoneae | Leaves/Needles |
| General | Rosaceae | Fruit/Seeds |
| General | Ericaceae | Fruit/Seeds |
| General | Ranunculaceae | Leaves/Needles |
| General | Vacciniaceae | Fruit/Seeds |
| General | Poaceae | Roots |
| General | Poaceae | Bole/Stem |
| General | Poaceae | Leaves/Needles |
| General | Poaceae | Fruit/Seeds |
| General | Bamboo | Bole/Stem |
| General | Bamboo | Leaves/Needles |
| General | Bamboo | Fruit/Seeds |
| General | Cyperaceae | Roots |
| General | Cyperaceae | Bole/Stem |
| General | Cyperaceae | Leaves/Needles |
| General | Animals | |
| General | Insects | |
| General | Insects | Larva stage |
| General | Coleoptera | Adult stage |
| Important | Poaceae | Roots |
| Important | Poaceae | Bole/Stem |
| Important | Poaceae | Leaves/Needles |
| Important | Bamboo | Bole/Stem |
| Important | Bamboo | Leaves/Needles |
| Important | Cyperaceae | Bole/Stem |
| Juvenile | Plants | |
| General | Spermopsida | Leaves/Needles |
| General | See Comments on Food Habits | See Comments |
| Adult | Spermopsida | Leaves/Needles |
Comments on General Food Habits
ITS WINTER FOOD IS UNKNOWN *131*. IN A NEW JERSEY STUDY, IT FED PREDOMINANTLY ON GREEN, SUCCULENT MONOCOTYLEDENOUS PLANTS, AND ALSO ON WOODY STEMS AND ROOTS, MOSS AND FUNGUS *PA4764*, HUCKLEBERRIES, AND BLUEBERRIES DURING SUMMER. XERPHYLLUM ASPHDELOIDES (TURKEYBEARD) AND CHAMAEDAPHNE CALYCULATA (LEATHER LEAF) ARE EATEN IN GREATER PROPORTION FROM LATE FALL TO EARLY SPRING *PA4764*. Synaptomys cooperi is almost exclusively herbivorous, feeding primarily on the tender parts of herbaceous plants, especially leaves, stems and seeds of grasses and sedges. It also feeds on mosses, fruits, fungi, bark, roots, and occassionally insects *PA10176:3, 84:107*. Of 86 stomachs analyzed from animals captured throughout the year green vegetation made up 66% by volume, while 14% was made up of fruits of huckleberries and blueberries. In Kentucky primary food items during winter and spring were fescue (Festuca sp.), bluegrass (Poa. sp.), panic grass (Panicum), and manna grass (Glycera striata). In Virginia, broomsedge made up the major part of the summer diet, while mosses were eaten more in winter. Endogone sp., a fungus has been reported or several occassions from Synaptomys stomach *PA10176:3*. It principal food is green, succulent grasses and sedges *9133*. The winter food is unknown *131*. They consume a wide variety of leafy and grassy material *8905*.
Comments on Adult Food Habits
IN A NEW JERSEY STUDY, IT FED PREDOMINANTLY ON GREEN, SUCCELENT MONOCOTYLEDENOUS PLANTS, AND ALSO ON BERRIES, WOODY STEMS AND ROOTS, MOSS AND FUNGUS *PA4764*. The adults principal food is green, succulent grasses and sedges *9133*. The adults principal food is green, succulent grasses and sedges *9133*.
Comments on Juvenile Food Habits
THERE IS NO DISTINCTION IN THE LITERATURE BETWEEN FOOD HABITS OF JUVENILES AND ADULTS. IN A NEW JERSEY STUDY IT FED PREDOMINANTLY ON GREEN, SUCCELENT MONOCOTYLEDENOUS PLANTS, AND ALSO ON BERRIES, WOODY STEMS AND ROOTS, AND MOSS AND FUNGUS *PA4764*
| References/Lifestage | Reference Numbers |
| General | 141, 211, 5881, 4920, PA4764, PA4828, 5265, PA4950, 5212, PA7639, PA8094, PA4764, PA10176, PA7224, 6037, 9133 |
| Adult | 5881, 4920, PA4764, PA4828, 5265, PA4950, 5212, PA7639, PA8094, PA4764, PA10176, PA7224, 211, 9133 |
| Juvenile | 4920, PA4764, PA4828, 5265, PA4950, PA4764, PA10819, |
| Important | 5881, 5265, 5212, PA7224, PA8094, PA4764, |