Rock Shrew 



locally abundant elsewhere in Virginia than previously believed. However, 

 recent survey data south of Virginia suggest it is rare. Harvey et al. 

 (1992) report only 11 individuals were recovered in 389,995 combined 

 pitfall and snap trap-nights of effort on the Northern District of the 

 Cherokee National Forest (Unicoi, Johnson, Carter, Greene, and Sullivan 

 counties) of eastern Tennessee. South of the Great Smoky Mountains 

 National Park, Harvey et al. (1991) reported none was recovered in 

 233,567 combined trap-nights in the Southern District of the Cherokee 

 National Forest (Polk, McMinn, and Monroe counties, Tennessee). Else- 

 where, in the southern Blue Ridge of western North Carolina, northern 

 Georgia, and northwestern South Carolina, we recovered only the four 

 individuals reported upon here based upon 175,000 combined pitfall 

 and snap trap-nights of effort. We conclude that in the extreme southern 

 Appalachians the species appears to be rare or extremely localized. 

 Additional survey efforts are required to determine the precise habitat 

 associations and status of the species at the southern limit of its range. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS— This study was supported through a 

 cooperative funding agreement between the United States Department 

 of Agriculture Forest Service, Chattahoochee National Forest, the University 

 of Georgia Museum of Natural History, and National Science Foundation 

 grant BSR 9011661. Specimens were collected under authority of Georgia 

 Scientific Collecting Permit 29-000089 and North Carolina Scientific 

 Collecting Permit 95-ES-10. 



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