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1893 Zapus insignis Miller, Biolog. soc. Washington. Proc. 



22 Ap. 1893. 8 : 1. 

 1898 Zapus insignis Mearns, U. S. Nat. mus. Proc. 21 :34s. 



Type locality. Restigouche river, New Brunswick. 



Faunal position. The woodland jumping- mouse is an inhabitant of 

 the Canadian zone, reaching the transition zone in 'boreal islands' only. 



Habitat. Forests and woodlands, specially in the neighborhood of 

 running water. 



Distribution in New York. The woodland jumping-mouse probably 

 occurs throughout the Adirondack wilderness and in isolated colonies in 

 other parts of the state wherever the fauna has a distinctly Canadian 

 tinge. At present however it has been recorded from the following 

 localities only: Keene, Essex co. (Miller, '93a. p. 1), Elizabethtown, 

 Essex co. (Miller, '93a, p. 1), Peterboro, Madison co. (Miller, '93a, p. 1) 

 and the Catskills (Mearns '98, p. 348). There is a specimen in the U. 

 S. National museum taken at Glenville, Schenectady co. by P. M. Van 

 Epps. Settlement of the county has probably restricted the range of 

 Napaeozapus to nearly the extent that it has increased that of true 

 Zapus. 



Erethizon dorsatus (Linnaeus) Canada porcupine 



1758 Hystrix dorsatus Linnaeus, Syst. nat. ed. 10. 1 : 56. 



1822 Erethizon dorsatus F. Cuvier, Mem. du mus. d'hist. nat. Paris. 



9= 43 2 - 

 1842 Hystrix hudsonius De Kay, Zoology of New York. Mammalia. 



P- 77- 

 1884 Erethizon dorsatus Merriam, Linn. soc. New York. Trans. 2 : 202. 



1898. Erethizon dorsatus Mearns, U. S. Nat. mus. Proc. 21 : 346. 



Type locality. Eastern Canada. 



Faunal position. Boreal and transition zones. 



Habitat. Heavy forests. 



Distribution in New York. The porcupine is common throughout 

 the Adirondacks and in the Catskills. In other parts of the state it prob 

 ably occurs wherever there are sufficiently extensive tracts of unbroken 

 forest. 



Principal records. De Kay : " In this state more particularly in the 

 northern and western counties they are quite numerous" (42, p. 79). 

 Merriam : "The porcupine is a common and well known resident of all 

 the wooded parts of the Adirondacks " ( '84, p. 202). Mearns : " This 



