TENNESSEE MAMMALS — KELLOGG 287 



Those collected were trapped in slides on the river banks and no 

 houses were seen. A few occur along Clinch River near Bean Station 

 [11 miles northeast of Rutledge], Grainger County. Local residents 

 did not believe that any muskrats were left around Roan Mountain 

 Station. Komarek and Komarek (1938, p. 159) report that a musk- 

 rat was trapped on Little Pigeon River, 2 miles below Greenbrier, 

 Sevier County. 



According to Howell (1909, p. 63) muskrats were reported to be 

 numerous near Briceville, Anderson County, and common near High- 

 clifF, Campbell County. 



Campbell County: Highcliff, 5. 



Carter County: Roan Mountain Station, 1 ; Watauga Valley, 1. 



Stewart County: Cumberland River, 2 miles west of Indian Mound, 3. 



Family MURIDAE 



RATTUS RATTUS RATTUS (Linnaeus): Black Rat 



The black rat appears to have been introduced at an early date into 

 Tennessee. It may be recognized by its slender body, long tail, and 

 blackish coloration. B. C. Miles, of Brownsville, Haywood County, 

 wrote Rhoads (1896, p. 192) that black rats were formerly present 

 in western Tennessee but that he had seen none for 20 years. Koma- 

 rek and Komarek (1938, p. 159) state that the black rat is abundant 

 around barns and that three were trapped at Greenbrier, Sevier 

 County. 



RATTUS RATTUS ALEXANDRINUS (Geoffrey): Roof Rat 



This slender, long-tailed rat, with whitish or yellowish underparts, 

 prefers the attics of houses or the roofs of barns and sheds. A male 

 trapped by W. J. Millsaps on February 15, 1910, at Soddy, Hamilton 

 County, is the sole record for the State. 



Hamilton County: Soddy, 1. 



RATTUS NORVEGICUS (Erxleben) : Norway, Brown, or Bam Rat 



The Norway rat is a destructive pest in most of the larger cities 

 of Tennessee. Although it shows a decided preference for buildings 

 in towns, it is frequently found around farm sheds in which stores of 

 feed or grain are kept. This rat also digs burrows in the banks of 

 farm ditches and streams and is found along marshy areas bordering 

 cultivated fields. One specimen was trapped, according to Komarek 

 and Komarek (1938, p. 159), at an elevation of about 3,800 feet on 

 Eagle Rocks Prong of Little Pigeon River, and another at Green- 

 brier, Sevier County. 



