C. C. Bentley, J. L. Knight, and M. A. Knoll 



P4-M3 measurement of our specimen (3.64 mm) fell at the bottom 

 of the range for S. cinereus and below the mean given for that species 

 at both New Paris Cave No. 4, Pennsylvania, and Clark's Cave, Virginia 

 (Guilday 1964, Guilday et al. 1977). Because the Ardis local fauna 

 contains many extralimital species, both northern and southern, and 

 because of the morphological ambiguity between S. longirostris and 

 S. cinereus (Jones et al. 1991), the fossil specimen from the Ardis site 

 is tentatively assigned to S. longirostris and not S. cinereus, as only 

 the former occurs in the area of the Ardis site today. The Sorex 

 longirostris P4-M3 measurement is considerably larger than that of S. 

 hoyi (Guilday et al. 1977). 



At present the southeastern shrew ranges from southeastern 

 Arkansas, east to central Florida, and north along the Atlantic coast 

 into Maryland. It is associated with moist, open fields and lowland 

 forests but can also be found in dry upland fields (Webster et al. 1985). 

 In the late Pleistocene this shrew has been reported only from the late 

 Rancholabrean Haile 11B and Arredondo sites in northern Florida (Kurten 

 and Anderson 1980, Webb and Wilkins 1984). The Ardis site is the 

 first identification of this shrew from the Wisconsin time period and 

 from South Carolina. 



Family Talpidae 

 Condylura cristata - Star-nosed Mole 



Material: 3 humeri (.20-. 22). 



Remarks: Identification was made by comparisons to recent specimens. 

 Humeri of this species differ from those of S. aquaticus in having a 

 less robust humeral shaft and a smaller width at both proximal and 

 distal ends. 



At present C. cristata occurs in the upland and the Coastal Plain 

 of South Carolina but is absent from the midland area. The star-nosed 

 mole is an excellent swimmer and inhabits areas that have moist soils 

 or are located near water (Webster et al. 1985). It may be found in 

 wooded areas, meadows or fields, swamps, and bogs. Today, it is found 

 in the area of the Ardis site. 



This is the first fossil report of this mole from South Carolina. 



Scalopus aquaticus - Eastern Mole 

 Material: 16 humeri (.23-. 26), (6 USNM), (6 UF). 



Remarks: These humeri are separated from other South Carolina mole 

 species on the basis of their greater robustness, which may reflect 

 a more fossorial life style. 



