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2. Ereth'ZO)!. dorsfitux ( I,. <. (auMila [xiicMpint,-. 



Knox County. Formerly found liere, but rate. .Stali'ord rcpnis liaviuij 

 seen two, the last one about 1834 (Chansler). Mr. Bruce reports 

 seeiuij one that had been killed in Daviess County in 1S37 (Chansler i. 

 ->. Z'ljjut! liucUonnci (Zimm. ). .Jnm])inii' mouse. 

 Newton County (Pfrimmer). 



Mahoning County (Ellsworth), (). (E. W. VickersU 

 Sandusky, O. (E. W. Vickers). 



4. (ieomyti bvrsarius (-Shaw). Poeket ,o<)j)lier. 



Newton County (Pfrimmer). 



5. Mu.< rattus, (L.) Black rat. 



Knox County. At one time numerous, but iidw extinct. Kepnrted that it 



was last seen here in lS4i (Chansler). 

 '). Mas deomuuius, FiiUas. Brown rat ; Norway rat. 



Knox County. Very numerous; our common rat. Said to liave been lirst 



seen in 1840 (Chansler). 

 7. Castor fiber [L.]. Beaver. 



Newton County. Formerly abundant. The remains of their work i'^ yet 



seen (Pfrimmer). 

 Bartholomew County. About one mile from the intersection of the Decatur 



and Jennings County line is a j)lace called the Beaver Pond. There 



they formerly built their houses (Miss p]lizabeth Wright). 

 Tippecanoe County. Beaver skull taken from Goose Island, Wabash Eiver. 



in the spring of 1894 by C. A. Schott (Prof. Stanley Coulter). 

 Knox County. Formerly found. Reported in 18o9. Mr. Dubois reports 



•seeing one that had been caught in a trap in 1840. Dams across some 



of our streams are still visible. Some claim that Montonrs Pond was 



caused by Beavers damming Pond Creek (Chansler). 

 8 SpennophUiis tridecemlineatiiii (Mitchill). Striped Gopher. 



Newton County. Abundant along hedges and banks. Also in the grassy 



margins of the fields (Pfrimmer). 

 Tipjiecanoe County, 1894. L. A. and C. D. Test. 

 Spermopliilus franklini (Sabine). Gray Spermophile. 

 Newton County. Think they are rare. Have seen two. Had one for a 



|)et. They are called "Prairie Squirrels" (Pfrimmer). 

 10. •S'ci«;-«.s /(/(d.s07ii«<s (Erxleben). Ked Squirrel : Chickaree. 

 Lake County. Rare. 

 Newton County. Heard of; not seen (Pfrimmer). 



