Edisto Island Fossil Vertebrates 
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HABITAT PREFERENCE 
Any permanent body of fresh water (Conant 1975) 
Muddy bottom aquatic habitats (Conant 1975) 
Probable habitat in or near stream (Holman 1972) 
Coastal plain ponds, lakes, swamps, marshes, and rivers (Conant 1975) 
Predominantly streams but also coastal marshes (Conant 1975) 
Coastal savannah subspecies (Auffenberg 1967; Martin 1974) 
Tropical to humid subtropical habitats (Hibbard 1960; Loveridge and Williams 1957) 
Predominantly dry sandy soils (Conant 1975) 
Open woods or grassland usually near permanent water (Conant 1975) 
Terrestrial and arboreal usually near reliable water sources (Holman 1972) 
Tropical to subtropical aquatic habitats (Woodburne 1958; Conant 1975) 
Tropical to subtropical aquatic habitats (Auffenberg 1954, 1957) 
Variety of subtropical habitats (Slaughter 1959) 
Variety of subtropical habitats (Gillette, pers. comm.) 
Tropical to subtropical climate, lush vegetation, standing water (Gillette and Ray, in press) 
Warm, dense, moist forest (Stock 1925) 
Warm, dense, moist forest (Edmund, pers. comm.) 
Open grasslands (Stock 1925) 
Wide variety of forested habitats (Blair 1968) 
Marshes, bogs, lakes, and rivers (Cahn 1932) 
Marshes, bogs, lakes, and rivers (Blair 1968) 
Moist temperature climate across southern North America (Hay 1927; Simpson 1930) 
Atlantic Ocean, Massachusetts south to South America (Hall and Kelson 1959) 
Arctic to tropical waters of Atlantic (Hall and Kelson 1959) 
Presumably similar to modern Canis 
Variety of woodland habitats (Blair 1968) 
Densely wooded areas, frequenting streams (Kurten 1973) 
Forested areas, frequenting streams and marshes (Hall and Kelson 1959) 
Variety of wooded habitats (Kurten 1966) 
Atlantic coastal area (Hall and Kelson 1959) 
North Atlantic coastal areas, migrating into inlets and estuaries (Hall and Kelson 1959) 
Open grasslands and savannah, with permanent water (Hibbard 1955) 
Coniferous forests, probably boreal (Martin and Guilday 1967; Dremanis 1968; Voorhies 1974) 
Atlantic coastal regions, frequenting bays and inlets (Hall and Kelson 1959) 
Open grasslands, presumably similar to modern Equus 
Predominantly humid tropical to subtropical forests (Simpson 1945; Gray and Cramer 1961) 
Open grasslands, presumably similar to modern Bison 
Grasslands and savannahs (Webb, pers. comm.) 
Woodlands and forest edges 
Warm moist woodlands (Martin and Guilday 1967) 
