



JOURNAL 



OF THE «iA.>£ i) * £4 



Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. 



(Official Publication of the N. C. Academy of Science) 

 VOL. XXI MARCH, J905 NO. J 



A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE MAMMALS 



OF NORTH CAROLINA, EXCLUSIVE 



OF THE CETACEA. 



BY C. S. EK1MLEY. 



This list is intended to represent our present knowledge of 

 the occurrence and distribution of the land Mammals found 

 within the limits of the State of North Carolina, together 

 with keys to the orders, families and genera, and brief descrip- 

 tions of the various species. 



The keys are mainly adapted from Mr. G. S. Miller's "Key 

 to the Land Mammals of Northeastern North xYmerica," but 

 some use has also been made of Dr. Jordan's well known 

 * 'Manual of the Vertebrates." 



The material on which this list is based is as follows: 



I. Collections of Mammals Made in North Carolina. 



1. A collection of the smaller mammals of Bertie county 

 made for the author and his brother by Mr. T. A. Smithwick, 

 of Walke, and Mr. J. W. P. Smithwick, of Sans Souci, in 

 1892, 1893, and 1894. The collection comprised nineteen 

 species, the largest being the Flying Squirrel and a list of 

 them was published by the author in the American Naturalist, 

 March, 1897. 



2. Specimens received from Mr. J. S. Cairns (now deceased), 



