Mammals of Carolina Bays 

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Fig. 3. Pocosin communities and Carolina bays in North Carolina (darkened 

 areas; modified from Richardson 1981). Numbers correspond with study sites. 

 Dismal Swamp area: (1) Currituck Co., Coinjock; (2) Pasquotank Co., "Big 

 Ditch." Pocosins and savannas: (3) Dare Co. mainland, near East Lake; (4) 

 Carteret Co., Croatan National Forest, 4.8 km east of Newport; (5) Pender Co., 

 Holly Shelter Game Management Area; (6) Brunswick Co., Green Swamp, 17.8 

 km north of Supply. Carolina bays and sand rims: (7) Columbus Co., Lake 

 Waccamaw; (8) Bladen Co., Bladen Lakes; (9) Hoke Co., N.C. Biological Sur- 

 vey Study Site, McCain. Stream-head forest: (9) Hoke Co., Biol. Survey Site, 

 McCain; (10) Moore Co., Weymouth Woods State Park. 



of only the more unusual species are cited in the following accounts. 

 Plant names are from Radford et al. (1964). 



RESULTS 



Forty-one species of mammals were found in or adjacent to poco- 

 sins and Carolina bays. Fauna was composed of 1 species of marsupial, 5 

 insectivores, 8 bats, 2 rabbits, 15 rodents, 8 carnivores, and 2 hoofed 

 mammals. Only 2 of these 41 species are exotics, and interestingly 

 neither Myocaster nor Rattus was encountered. Two additional species, 

 recently extirpated, are known to have been inhabitats of pocosin com- 

 munities. Documented occurrence of extant species and trap success is 



