60 Frank J. Schwartz 



Hanover Public Library (Cape Fear River stories); J. Oakley, Carolina 

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 of the North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences reviewed the 

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 of Mammals (North Carolina data). D. Webster, University of North 

 Carolina, Wilmington, noted the 29 July 1992 record. L. White typed 

 the text; R. Barnes produced Figure 1. 



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Received 13 October 1994 

 Accepted 10 February 1995 



