than for cottontails. Marsh rabbits traveled less far and were exposed 

 to fewer traps. (H.D.) 



Keywords: marsh rabbits, Virginia 



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Pilson, M.E., and E. Goldstein. 1973. Marine mammals. Pages 7-1 though 

 7-48j[n S.B. Saila, ed., Coastal and offshore environmental inventory: 

 Cape Hatteras to Nantucket Shoals. Marine Publication Series No. 2, 

 University of Rhode Island, Kingston. 



Marine mammals are not notably abundant in the region from Cape Cod 

 to Cape Hatteras. Some have never been common; others have been reduced 

 or exterminated by man. Some 36 species—including seals, walrus, 

 manatee, large and small whales, and porpoises—are identified as 

 occurring regularly in this region at the present time, having occurred 

 in earlier times, or as being sporadic or possible visitors. For each 

 species, information and comment are presented on records of occurrence 

 and abundance, breeding grounds if known, movements, feeding habits, and 

 economic or esthetic importance. For most species, very little informa- 

 tion is available for local populations, and their habits must be 

 inferred from data gathered in other regions. 



The local breeding populations of seals are yery small, but are 

 probably now stable or increasing. Most of the whale species that 

 were formerly abundant in the region, but which were reduced by man, 

 are now apparently increasing again. The only information available is that 

 presented by occasional sightings and strandings of certain other species 

 of whales and porpoises without previous commercial importance. 

 (S.B. Saila, chapter synopsis) 



KeywoVds: marine mammals, feeding habits. Cape Hatteras, Cape Cod 



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Wilson, K.A. 1959. The otter in North Carolina. Proceedings of the 



Thirteenth Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Game 



and Fish Commissioners, pp. 267-277. 



The fall -winter foods of otters living along the coast consist largely 

 of fish— principally carp, catfish, suckers, and sunfish. The otter's 

 diet at other seasons of the year is largely composed of fish, blue crab, 

 and crayfish. Other foods, all taken in small quantities, are shrimp, 

 clam, water beetles, decapod, muskrat, rails, and waterfowl. 



An examination of 53 female otters from northeastern counties over 

 a 12-winter period (1947-48—1958-59) showed that breeding starts during 

 January and continues into February and possibly into March. 



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