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LIST OF MAMMALS. 
1. Dia del phus virginianus Kerr, Opossum. This is included on the 
following evidence. A Mr. Hufford in 1900, killed an opossum on his 
farm near Breckenridge. He had at that time recently come from Ohio 
and knew the animal well. Mr. Marcus Polaskv a fur dealer in Alma 
bought an opossum skin from a farmer of Lake View in Montcalm 
county in 1910. His sales record is also evidence. If this is accepted 
as good evidence this extends the range for the opossum in the state. 
2. Cervus canadensis Erxleben, American Elk. This is said to have 
been present in the early history of the central part of the State. The 
direct evidence offered is the larger part of a horn found near here and 
now in the Hood Museum. 
3. Odocoileus americanus borealis Erxleben, Northern white tailed 
deer. This is said to. have been abundant in the early settlement of the 
county. It became scarce about twenty-five to thirty-five vears ago. The 
latest record for this species was in 1908 when one was killed in the 
northeastern part of this County. It had apparently been driven into the 
area by fires prevalent at that time in regions to the north. 
4. Sciurus carolinensis leucotis Gapper. Northern Gray Squirrel. 
Both the gray and the black forms were formerly abundant. The gray 
is still fairly abundant and the black form is rare. The museum speci- 
mens were taken near Alma. 
5. Sciurus niger rufiventer Goeffroy. Fox Squirrel. Mr. Robert 
Wilson, a student, brought a specimen of this to the writer. Nov. 
29th, 1910. He took the specimen in a woods one mile south of Alma. 
The museum specimens were taken near Alma. 
6. Sciurus hudsonicus loquax, Bangs. Red Squirrel. This squirrel 
is not uncommon. The writer took a specimen November, 17th, 1910. 
There are four specimens in the Hood Museum all taken in this locality. 
7. Tamias striatus lysteri Richardson. Lyster’s Chipmunk. This 
species is common wherever favorable conditions afford it protection. 
A pair housed themselves under an old board walk in the Campus near 
the administration building. Two nearly grown individuals made their 
way into the building on more than one occasion. 
8. Citellus trideceml meatus Mitchell. Striped spermopliyle. Strip- 
ed Gopher. The writer has not taken this species but it is said to have 
been taken in the southwest part of the area. If it occurs within the 
limits of the area it would be expected to be found in the western 
part. One specimen is in the Stillwell Collection in the Hood Museum. 
9. Marmota monax Linnaeus. Woodchucks are rather common in the 
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clay and sandy soils and are occasionally invading the fields with their 
burrows. A specimen was brought to the writer in March, 1911, from 
the Windsor Farm one mile north of Alma. 
10. Sciuropterus volans volans, Linnaeus. Southern Flying Squirrel. 
A specimen was taken by a Mr. Bradford three miles southwest of 
Alma, in 1910. Other specimens are in the Stillwell collection in the 
Hood Museum all of which were taken near Alma. 
