Ri;d liACKii) Mouse Eiwtomys gapperi gapped 



what limited to the mountains and the counties border- 

 ing on them, although it has been reported from Cook 

 Forest. 



It is active both day and night and one may see it 

 sitting up like a squirrel, holding seeds of berries be- 

 tween its fore feet and nibbling away in a characteristic 

 manner. It eats beechnuts, acorns and other seeds, in 

 addition to young roots, bark and twigs of low shrubs. 



Northern Pine Vole: Mole Mouse 



Pitymys pinctorus scalopsoides 



The pine vole is an inhabitant of the southern 

 section of Pennsylvania, occurring in the southwestern 

 and southeastern counties. 



It is called the mole mouse because of its bur- 

 rowing habits. It lives almost entirely beneath the sur- 

 face of the ground and has its fore feet somewhat mod- 

 ified for digging. The pine vole confines its activities 



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