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Ears large, projecting- conspicuously above the fur, back dark 

 chestnut fading- insensibly into the brown of the sides. L. 

 T. \Y\. Probably found on the higher summits of the 

 mountainous reg-ion of the State, but so far recorded only 

 from Macon and Mitchell counties. 



FAMILY CASTORIDAE (THE BEAVERS). 



Larg-e, clumsily built, aquatic rodents with four broad, root- 

 less cheek teeth in each side of each jaw. Tail very broad 

 and scaly, flattened from above, downward. 



GENUS CASTOR, L. 



26. C. canadensis carolinensis Rhoads. Carolinian Beaver. 

 Scaly portion of tail less than twice as long- as wide, fur 

 relatively short and harsh. L. 35. In this State the beaver 

 occurs sparingly on the Dan River in Stokes county (the type 

 locality of the subspecies) and is also reported from Bertie 

 county. A specimen taken some fifteen or twenty years ago 

 at Weldon is in the State Museum at Raleig-h. These locali- 

 ties are all on the Roanoke River or its tributaries. Mr. J. H. 

 Armfield reports a few occurring- in Beaver Swamp in the 

 northern part of Guilford county and southern part of Rock- 

 ingham, and Mr. K. K. Shore reports them from the Yadkin 

 River, between Yadkin and Forsyth counties. 



FAMILY SCIURIDAE (THE SQUIRRELS). 



Upper front teeth two; upper cheek teeth four or five on 

 each side; lower cheek teeth four on each side. A well devel- 

 oped bony process on skull above and behind eye socket (post- 

 orbital process); tail round covered with long- hairs which are 

 usuall}' so arranged as to form a broad flat brush. Four of 

 the North American genera occur in the State. 



a. Sides with a densely furred membrane joining front and 

 hind legs (Flying Squirrels) .... Genus Sciuropterus. 

 aa. Sides without membrane. 



