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LIVING AND RECENTLY EXTINCT SPECIES. 



1. Didelphys virginiana (Kerr). Virginia Opossum. 

 Specimens: Washtenaw. 



Records: Jackson, Genesee, Wayne, Monroe, Calhoun, Cass, 

 Oakland, Macomb, H'illsdale, Ottawa, Ingham, Eaton, Gra- 

 tiot, Isabella. 



2. Rangifer caribou (Gmelin). Woodland Caribou. 



Records: Keweenaw (Isle Royale), Charlevoix (Beaver Isl- 

 and), Luce, Chippewa, Dickinson. 



3. Alces americanus (Jardine). Eastern Moose. 

 Specimens: Chippewa, Schoolcraft. 



Records: Fresque Isle, Missaukee, Huron, Ontonagon, San- 

 ilac, Oakland, Saginaw, Alger, Gogebic, Mackinac, Luce, 

 Marquette, Genesee, Dickinson. 



4. Cervus canadensis (Erxleben). East American Wapiti. Ex- 



tinct in Michigan. 



Specimens: Washtenaw (antlers and parts of antlers and 

 skulls), Ingham (basal half of antlers). 



Observations: Jackson (antlers with parts of skull). 



Records: Washtenaw, Huron, Tuscola, Sanilac, Ingham, Sag- 

 inaw, Alpena, Emmet, Mason. Gratiot, Benzie, Berrien, 

 Wayne, Oakland. 



5. Odocoileus americanus borealis (^Miller). Northern Virginia 



Deer. 



Specimens: Dickinson, Schoolcraft, Wexford, Washtenaw, 

 Branch, Otsego, Chippewa, Ontonagon. 



Observations: Luce, Cheboygan, Presque Isle, Bay, Hough- 

 ton, Huron ('introduced). 



Records: Jackson, Oscoda, Crawford, Alcona, Alger, Luce, 

 Monroe, Huron, Genesee, Iron, Wayne, Ingham, Kalamazoo, 

 Mecosta, Oceana, Montmorenc}', Marquette, Gogebic, Alack- 

 inac, Calhoun, Allegan, Lenawee, Eaton, Benzie, Oakland, 

 Sanilac, Shiawassee, Barry, Berrien, Saginaw, Manistee, 

 Montcalm, Alpena, Cheboygan, Presque Isle, Osceola. 



6. Bison bison (Linnaeus). American Bison. Extinct in Mich- 



igan. 

 Records: Jackson, Monroe, Wayne, Kalamazoo, Berrien, 

 Oceana (?). 



7. Sciurus niger rufiventer (Geofi'roy). Fox Squirrel. 

 Specimens: Washtenaw, Livingston, Huron, Osceola. 

 Observations: Oakland, Monroe, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Lena- 

 wee, Wayne. 



