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and ten years. From Clark’s “ History of Onondaga County ”’ 
we learn that deer were so plentiful in the early days as to be 
sometimes a nuisance, and in the various towns bears, wolves, 
panthers, wild cats, otters and beavers were more or less common. 
In Cicero two moose were killed by Indians in 1789. Probably 
other transition forms such as the lynx, wolverine, fisher and 
wapiti also occurred. It is doubtful if the opossum, occasionally 
offered for sale in our markets and reported two or three times 
from nearby counties, ever occurred here otherwise than as an 
“escaped convict” or possibly an abnormal straggler. In this 
last category must be placed the harbor seal shot in Onondaga 
Lake some eighteen years ago. The former presence within the 
county of the bison and the fossil elephant is attested by skull, 
teeth and bones at present in the University and High School mu- 
seums. 
EXTANT SPECIES. 
Sciurus hudsonicus loquax, Bangs. Southeastern red squir- 
rel, 
Sciurus carolinensis leucotis, Gapper. Northern gray squir- 
rel. Common in Oakwood. Hunted too much to be common 
elsewhere, but generally distributed through the southern towns. 
Tamias striatus (lysteri?), Richardson. Northeastern chip- 
monk. 
Arctomys monax, Linnaeus. Woodchuck. 
Sciuropterus volans, Linnaeus. Southern flying squirrel. A 
specimen in Mr. Perrior’s collection is probably this species. Fly- 
ing squirrels are said to be common about Onondaga Hill, Pom- 
pey Hill and elsewhere. 
Mus musculus, Linnaeus. House mouse. 
Mus decumanus, Pallas. House rat. 
Peromyscus leucopus noveborancensis, Fischer. Northeast- 
ern white-footed mouse. ‘Taken at Jamesville and Tully. 
Peromyscus canadensis canadensis, Miller. Canadian white- 
footed mouse. One specimen taken at Tully probably this form. 
Microtus pennsylvanicus pennsylvanicus, Ord. Eastern field 
