BRIMLEYANA NO. 21, DECEMBER 1994 

 CONTENTS 



The Mammals of the Ardis Local Fauna (Late Pleistocene), Harleyville, 



South Carolina. Curtis C. Bentley, James L. Knight, and Martin A. Knoll 1 



Comments on the Body Mass Trend of Ondatra zibethicus (Rodentia: Muridae) 



During the Latest Pleistocene. Curtis C. Bentley and James L. Knight 37 



Introductions of the Scorpions Centruriodes vittatus (Say) and C. hentzi (Banks) into 

 North Carolina, with Records of the Indigenous Scorpion, Vaejovis carolinianus 

 (Beauvois) (Scorpionida: Buthidae, Vaejovidae). Rowland M. Shelley 45 



Distribution of the Scorpion, Vaejovis carolinianus (Beauvois) — a Reevaluation, 



(Arachnida: Scorpionida: Vaejovidae). Rowland M. Shelley 57. 



Atlantic Ocean Occurrences of the Sea Lamprey, Petromyzon marinus 

 (Petromyzontiformes: Petromyzontidae), Parasitizing Sandbar, 

 Carcharhinus plumbeus, and Dusky, C. obscurus (Carcharhiniformes: 

 Carcharhinidae), Sharks off North and South Carolina. 

 Christopher Jensen and Frank J. Schwartz 69 



Clutch Parameters of Storeria dekayi Holbrook (Serpentes: Colubridae) from 



Southcentral Florida. Walter E. Meshaka,Jr 73 



Influence of Environmental Conditions on Flight Activity of Plecotus 

 townsendii virginianus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). 

 Michael D. Adam, Michael J. Lacki, and Laura G. Shoemaker 77 



The Pygmy Shrew, Sorex hoyi winnemana (Insectivora: Soricidae), from the 



Coastal Plain of North Carolina. Thomas M. Padgett and Robert K. Rose 87 



Additional Records of the Pygmy Shrew, Sorex hoyi winnemana Preble 

 (Insectivora: Soricidae), in Western North Carolina. 

 Joshua Laerm, William M. Ford, and Daniel C. Weinand 91 



Food and Ectoparasites of the Southern Short-tailed Shrew, Blarina carolinensis 

 (Mammalia: Soricidae), from South Carolina. 

 John O. Whitaker, Jr., Gregory D. Hartman, and Randy Hein 97 



Mensural Discrimination of Four Species of Peromyscus (Rodentia: Muridae) in the 



Southeastern United States. Joshua Laerm and James L. Boone 107 



Small Mammal Communities in Streamside Management Zones. 



Dagmar P. Thurmond and Karl V. Miller 125 



Home Range and Activity Patterns by Gray Foxes, Urocyon cinereoargenteus 

 (Carnivora: Canidae), in East Tennessee. 

 Cathryn H. Greenberg and Michael R. Pelton 131 



External Morphometries of Black Bears, Ursus americanus (Carnivora: Ursidae), 

 in the Great Dismal Swamp of Virginia and North Carolina. 

 Eric C. Hellgren and Michael R. Vaughan 141 



Nutrient Content of Squawroot, Conopholis americana, and Its Importance to Southern 

 Appalachian Black Bears, Ursus americanus (Carnivora: Ursidae). 

 Steven G. Seibert and Michael R. Pelton 151 



Miscellany 157 



