LIST OF VERTEBRATES. 79 



Family 64. SCIUIIIDJE. The Squirrels. 



Arctomys, Schreber. 



A. monax (L.). Woodchuck. Ground Hog. Very common. 



Tamias, lUiger. 



T. striatus (L.). Chipmunk. Ground Squirrel. Abundant. 



Sciurus, Linnaeus. 



S. Hudsonicus, Erxleben. Red Squirrel. Chickaree. Very common. 



S. Carohnensis, Gmelin. Includes, — Gray Squirrel, common ; Black Squir- 

 rel, very rare. 

 Sciuropterus, Frederic Cuvier. 



S. volans (L.). Common Flying Squirrel. Rather common. 



Order XXV. INSECTIVORA. The Insect-eaters. 

 Family 65. SORICID..^. The Shrews. 



Sorex, Linnaeus. 



S. Forsteri (Richardson). Probable. 



S. platyrhinus (De Kay). Common Shrew. Shrew Mouse. Not rare. 



Blarina, Gray. 



B. brevicauda (Say). Mole-Shrew. Probable. 



B. angusticeps, Baird. Not rare. 



Family 66. TALPIDJE. The Moles. 



Scalops, Cuvier, 



vS. aquaticus (L.). Common Mole. Common. 



Scapanus, Pomel. 



S. Americanus (Bartram). Hairy-tailed Mole. Probable. 



Condylura, Illiger. 



C. cristata (L.). Star-nosed Mole. Common. 



Order XXVI. CHEIROPTERA. The Bats. 

 Family 67. VESPERTILIONIDiE. The Common Bats. 



VespertiliO, Linnaeus. 



V. subulatus, Say. Little Brown Bat. Very common. 

 VesperugO, Keyserling & Blasius. 



V. noctivagans (Le Conte). Silver Black Bat. Not common. R. Chellis. 



V. Georgianus (F. Cuvier). Rare. 



V. serotinus (Schreber), var. fuscus, Beauvais. Long-eared Bat. Rare. 



Atalapha, Rafinesque. 



A. Noveboracensis (Erxleben). Red Bat. Common. 

 A. cinerea (Beauvais). Hoary Bat. Possible. 



