PRELIMINARY LIST OF THE MAMMALS OF NEW YORK 



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During the past 10 years the results of these improved methods have 

 made a strong impress on the list of New York mammals. In this com- 

 paratively short period 18 additions have been recorded, raising the 

 total number known to have occurred in the state within historic times 

 to 81. These additions, arranged chronologically, are: 



Tursiops tursio (Fabricius), porpoise (True, '89, p. 34). 



Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, porpoise (True, '89, p. 56, 57). 



Napozozapus insignis Miller, woodland jumping-mouse (Miller, '93a, 



p o- 



Peroinyscus canadensis (Miller), Canadian white-footed mouse (Miller, 

 '93 b > P- 5 6 )- 



Sorex albibarbis (Cope), water shrew (Miller, '94, p 181). 

 Lepus floridanus transitiotialis (Bangs), northeastern cottontail (Bangs, 

 '95» P- 405)- 



Lepus floridanus mear/isi Allen, eastern prairie cottontail (Bangs, '95, 

 p. 409). 



Sorex Jwyi Baird, Hoy's shrew (Merriam, '95, p. 90). 

 Sciurns hudsonicus loqnax Bangs, southeastern red squirrel (Bangs, 

 '96d, p. 161). 



Synaptomys cooperi Baird, bog lemming (Batchelder, '96a, p. 185). 

 Microtus chrotorrhinus Miller, rock vole (Batchelder, '96a, p. 188). 

 Putorius vison lutreocephalus (Harlan), southeastern mink (Bangs, 

 '96a, p. 4). 



Sorex macrurus Batchelder, big-tailed shrew (Batchelder, '96b, 

 P. J 33). 



Pipisttellus subflavns subflavus (F. Cuvier), Georgia bat (Fisher, '96 

 p. 196). 



Pipistrellus subflavus obscurus Miller, dusky bat (Miller, '97b, p. 93). 

 Microtus nesophilus Bailey, Gull Island mouse (Bailey, '98a, p. 86; 

 '98b, p. 783). 



Evotomys gappeti rhoadsi Stone, New Jersey red-backed mouse 



(Mearns '98a, p. 333). 

 Synaptomys fatuus Bangs, northern bog lemming (Mearns, '98b, 



p. 348). 



In the following table the growth of the list of New York mammals 

 is shown in parallel columns. The names used by De Kay ('42) are 

 given in the left hand column, 1 those used by Merriam ('82, '84 and 

 '85 ) in the second, those adopted in the present paper in the third and 

 the English names in the fourth. 



1 From De Kay's list I omit the species included without definite knowledge of their occurrence 

 in New York. 



