122 Joshua Laerm, et al. 



Georgia Museum of Natural History records. Subspecific designations 

 are those of Hall (1981), unless otherwise noted. Data were obtained 

 from mammal collections in the following institutions: Academy of Nat- 

 ural Sciences of Philadelphia; American Museum of Natural History; 

 Auburn University; Carnegie Museum of Natural History; Charleston 

 Museum of Natural History; Cornell University; Delaware Museum of 

 Natural History; Field Museum of Natural History; Florida State 

 Museum; Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University; 

 Museum of Texas Tech University; National Museum of Natural His- 

 tory; University of Georgia Museum of Natural History; University of 

 Illinois Museum of Natural History; University of Kansas Museum of 

 Natural History; and University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. 



SPECIES LIST 



Didelphis virginiana (Linnaeus), Virginia Opossum. Statewide; 

 common in nearly all habitats, including most urban areas. Two sub- 

 species are recognized (Gardner 1973; Hall 1981): Didelphis virginiana 

 virginiana Kerr occurs from the Upper Coastal Plain southward, and is 

 replaced northward by D. v. pigra Bangs. 



Sorex cinereus cinereus Kerr, Masked Shrew. A rare species that 

 reaches the southern limit of its range in northern Georgia. Within the 

 state it is known from only three specimens, taken in mesic forest habi- 

 tats of Towns County (Wharton 1968a). 



Sorex longirostris longirostris Bachman, Southeastern Shrew. 

 Statewide but uncommon. The species generally inhabits mesic wood- 

 land and open field habitats (Golley 1962). 



Sorex fumeus fumeus Miller, Smoky Shrew. An uncommon shrew 

 that reaches the southeastern limit of its range in northeast Georgia, 

 where it is known from Fannin, Murray, Rabun, Towns, and Union 

 counties. It is most commonly found in deciduous forest leaf litter 

 (Hamilton 1940). 



Microsorex hoyi winnemana Preble, Pygmy Shrew. This rare shrew, 

 the smallest North American mammal, reaches the southern limit of its 

 range in northeast Georgia (Long 1974; Wharton 1968a), where it 

 occurs in mesic woodlands of Towns County. Long (1972, 1974) identi- 

 fied the species occurring in Georgia as M. thompsoni, but we follow 

 van Zyll de Jong (1976) and Hall (1981). 



Blarina brevicauda churchi Bole and Moulthrop, Short-tailed 

 Shrew. This common shrew occurs in mesic habitats in the northern 

 half of the state, exclusive of the extreme northwest, south to the Fall 

 Line (French 1982). 



Blarina carolinensis carolinensis (Bachman), Southern Short-tailed 

 Shrew. A common inhabitant of mesic habitats in the Coastal Plain, 



