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SOUTHERN POUCHED RAT. 
found in many places up to the southwestern bank of the Savannah river 
in Georgia, not one has ever been seen in South Carolina, or east of that 
river. This is the more singular as the wide range of the other species of 
this genus would lead us to suppose it not at all likely to be restricted by 
any fresh-water river, and indeed we can conceive no reason why it should 
not reach even to North Carolina and portions of Virginia, where sandy 
soils and dry pine lands similar to those it most frequents in Georgia, 
Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi, are widely extended. 
Strangely enough, the common name applied to this animal where it is 
found is “ Salamander.” 
The Southern Pouched Rat does not, like the Pseudostoma hursarius, 
remain under ground during the winter months, in a most probably dor- 
mant state, but continues its diggings throughout the year, and devours 
quantities of roots and grasses. It has hitherto been more frequently 
found living in the woods than near cultivated fields and plantations, but 
as the country becomes more settled will doubtless prove as great a pest 
in the gardens as its more northern relative, for an account of which see 
our first volume, pp. 332-839. 
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION. 
This species is found in the high pine barren regions, from the middle 
of Georgia and Alabama to the southern point of Florida, as far as the 
elevated portions of that State extend south. 
We received two specimens from Major Logan in Dallas county, Ala- 
bama, several from Ebenezer, about twenty-five miles above Savannah in 
Georgia, and a number from the vicinity of Saint Augustine in East 
Florida. 
We have not been able satisfactorily to ascertain its western range. 
We believe, however, it is not found west of the Mississippi. It is some- 
what singular that this species is found on the very banks of the Savannah 
river, on the western side, and that notwithstanding, no traces of it have 
ever been seen east of that river, nor indeed in any portion of South Caro- 
lina, although there are extensive regions of high pine lands in that State 
which appear to be well suited to its habits. 
GENERAL REMARKS. 
It is highly probable that this is the species referred to by Raffinesque 
and others as the Georgia Hamster ; inasmuch, however, as it was proba- 
bly never seen by Raffinesque, and he most likely formed his new genus 
