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4. Northern Cotton-tail (Lepus floridanus transitionalis) . Is tolerably 

 common throughout the mountain region. 



5. White Babbit (Lepus amerieanus virginianus). Bather rare, being re- 

 stricted to the Canadian zone. 



6. Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatus). Extremely rare. 



7. Meadow Jumping Mouse (Zapus hudsonius). Mr. Fred E. Brooks re- 

 ports it from sections of the Canadian zone. 



8. Woodland Jumping Mouse (Zapus insignis roanensis). Fairly common, 

 but locally distributed in the Canadian zone. 



9. Cooper's Lemming Mouse (Synaptomys cooperi). A rather rare mam- 

 mal wherever found, occurs at White Sulphur. 



10. Bed-backed Mouse (Evotomys carolinensis). Common in the Canadian 

 zone, in some places abundant. 



11. Common Meadow Mouse (Microtus pennsylvanicus). Occurs every- 

 where in the agricultural districts, abundant. 



12. Pine ivlouse (Microtus pinetorum). Common in the Austral and Tran- 

 sition zones but not in the Canadian; of subterranean habits; common. 



13. Muskrat (Fiber zibethicus). Common along all the streams. 



14. Allegheny Cave Bat (Neotoma pennsylvanica) . Abundant in some 

 sections of the Alleghenies, living in caves in the mountain cliffs, and as good, 

 or even better, than the gray squirrel for food. 



15. Surber's Harvest Mouse (Beithrodontomys lecontii impiger). Known 

 to occur only in the neighborhood of White Sulphur Springs, but no doubt 

 occurs more commonly in the Austral zone. t 



16. White-footed Mouse (Peromyscus leucopus). Abundant all through 

 the mountains and elsewhere over the state. 



17. Canadian White-foot Mouse (Peromyscus canadensis spJ). Has been 

 reported by Mr. Fred E. Brooks as occurring in Greenbrier, Pocahontas and 

 other counties of the state, but so far I have failed to secure it. 



18. House Mouse (Mus musculus). 



19. Brown Bat (Mus norvegicus). 



20. Black Bat (Mus rattus). These three species of introduced, or Old 

 World, forms, are everywhere abundant and a nuisance. 



21. "Beaver (Castor canadensis). Probably extinct. 



22. Woodchuck; Ground Hog (Archtomys monax). More or less common 

 throughout the state, particularly the limestone region. 



23. Ground Squirrel (Tamias striatus). Abundant throughout the moun- 

 tainous section, less common elsewhere. 



24. Northen Fox Squirrel (Sciurus rufiventer neglectus). Bare, and re- 

 stricted to the hardwood forests along the Alleghenies. 



25. Southern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis). Common; abundant at 

 certain times. 



26. Northen Gray -Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis leucotis). Common at 

 times in the higher mountains; black squirrels belong to this form. 



27. Northern Bed Squirrel (Sciurus hudsonicus gymnicus). Comparatively 

 abundant in the black spruce belt. 



28. Southern Bed Squirrel (Sciurus hudsonicus loquax). More or less 

 rare. 



