PRELIMINARY LIST OF THE MAMMALS OF NEW YORK 



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The period of active plant growth in this zone covers slightly less than 

 half the year. 



In a list of lepidoptera of the Adirondack region Lintner ('80) records 1 1 

 species of moths (Phalaenidae) all of which occur on Mt Washington, 

 New Hampshire, and many of which are found also in Labrador, Iceland, 

 Lapland, the Alps of central Europe, and the high mountains of western 

 North America. It is probable that these should be regarded as 

 Hudsonian forms, though more strictly speaking they may be members 

 of the Arctic fauna. 



Canadian zone. In New York the characteristic mammals of the 

 Canadian zone are : 



Sciurus hudsonicus gymnicus 

 Sciuropterus sabrinus macrotis 

 Peromyscus canadensis 

 Evoto?nys gapperi gapperi 

 Napaeozapus ins ignis 

 Putorius vison vison 

 Sorex albibarbis 

 Sorex fumeus 

 Sorex macrurus 1 

 Lasinriis cine reus 



Canadian red squirrel 

 Canadian flying squirrel 

 Canadian white-footed mouse 

 common red-backed mouse 

 woodland jumping-mouse 

 northern mink 

 water shrew 

 smoky shrew 

 big-tailed shrew 

 hoary bat 



Many Canadian birds breed in New York, but it is necessary to 

 mention a few of the more characteristic only. Among these are : 



Dendragapus canadensis 

 Bonasa umbellus togata 

 Picoides arcticus 

 Empidonax flaviventris 

 Contopus borealis 

 Perisoreus canadensis 

 Loxia leucoptera 

 Zonotrichia albicollis 

 Junco hyemalis 

 Vireo fihiladelphicus 

 Dendroica maculosa 

 Dendroica coronata 

 Dendroica blackburniae 

 Anorthura hiemalis 

 Regulus satrapa 

 Hylocichla ustulata swainsoni 



Canada grouse a 

 northern ruffed grouse 

 Arctic three-toed woodpecker 

 yellow-bellied flycatcher 

 olive-sided flycatcher 

 Canada jay 



white-winged crossbill 

 white-throated sparrow 

 slate-colored junco 

 Philadelphia vireo 

 magnolia warbler 

 myrtle warbler 

 Blackburnian warbler 

 winter wren 

 golden-crowned kinglet 

 olive-backed thrush 



1 This animal is so slightly known that its faunal position is still doubtful. 



2 The English names for birds are those adopted by the American ornithologists union ('95). 



