Occurrence of Peromyscus 



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and leucopus. Our discriminant analysis, however, strongly suggest the 

 Dice specimen to be P. leucopus (P = 0.939). 



Concern over the correct identification of other northern 

 marginal range records of P. polionotus in Georgia, South Carolina, 

 and Alabama (see Schwartz 1954, Golley 1966, Wolfe and Rogers 

 1969, Hall 1981) prompted an examination of these specimens as 

 well. We are satisfied that specimens reported from Jackson County, 

 in extreme northeastern Alabama (Schwartz 1954, Hall and Kelson 

 1959, Hall 1981) are P. polionotus. Similarly, specimens from Greenville 

 and Spartanburg counties South Carolina referred to by Schwartz 

 (1954), Golley (1966), and Hall (1981) are correctly identified as P. 

 polionotus. 



Review of currently available distributional records for P. 

 polionotus in Georgia now indicates the northernmost limit of its 

 range should be amended to extend from Spartanburg and Greenville 

 counties, South Carolina, southwest to Clarke County, Georgia, and 

 west to Dawson and Cherokee counties, Georgia. Unfortunately, there 

 are no records available for the Ridge and Valley or Cumberland 

 Plateau provinces of Georgia west of Dawson and Cherokee counties 

 (Fig. 1). The next records to the northwest are in Jackson County, 

 Alabama (Hall 1981). 



Fig. 1 Distribution of Peromyscus gossypinus (a) and P. polionotus 

 (b) in Georgia. Dots represent northernmost distributional records only. 



