MICE AND SHREWS OF THE EASTERN STATES 



Photographed from skins to show relative proportions 

 i. Pine Mouse (Microtus pinetorum) (uniform dull chestnut, fur very soft) 

 3. Red-backed Mouse (Evotomys gapperi) (rusty chestnut, brightest on back) 



3. White -footed Mouse (Peromysc-us leucopus) (fawn color, with white belly, ears large) 



4. Long-tailed Jumping Mouse (Zapus insignis) (yellowish buff, hair rather coarse) 

 5- Meadow Mouse (Microius pennsylvanicus) (blackish, grizzled with gray) 



6. Lemming Mouse (Synaptomys cooperi) (similar, but tail very short and incisors grooved) 

 7- Short-tailed Shrew (Blarina brevicauda) (plumbeous gray, fur very soft) 

 8. Long-tailed Shrew (Sorex personatus) .(fur similar but tinged with brown) 



(About three-fifths natural size) 



