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B. List of those species of recent mammals whose occurrence 
in Rhode Island may be looked for with some degree of proba¬ 
bility. 
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1. Striped Dolphin. Lagenorhynchus acutus Gray. 
2. Killer Orca orca (Linnaeus). 
3. Gray Grampus; Cow' Fish. Grampus griseus (Cuvier). 
4. Northeastern Fox Squirrel. Sciurus ludovicianus victims 
5. Southeastern Chipmunk. Tamias striatus striatus (Linnaeus). 
6. Canadian Flying Squirrel. Sciuropterus sabrinus macrotis Mearns. 
7. Black Rat. Mus rattus Linnaeus. tUc* ji 
8 . Canadian Deer Mouse. Peromyscus canadensis (Miller). 
9. Cave Rat. Neotoma pennsylvanica Stone. 
o. New Jersey Red-back Mouse. Evotomys gapperi rhoadsi Stone. 
1 Rock Vole. Microtus chrotorrhinus (Miller). 
2. Bog Lemming. Synaptomys cooperi Baird. 
3. Woodland Jumping-mouse. Napoeozapus insignis Miller. 
4. Canadian Porcupine. Ereihizon dorsatus (Linnaeus). 
5. Southeastern Cottontail. Lepus floridanus mallurus (Thomas). 
6. Canadian Lynx. Lynx canadensis (Kerr). 
.7. Gray Fox. Urocyon cinereoargenteus (Schreber). U 
8 Wolverine. Gulo luscus (Linnaeus). tt 
9. Northeastern Mink; Little Brook Mink. Putorius ( Lutreola ) u 
vison vison (Schreber). 
>0. Marten. Mustela amencana Turton. 
;i. Hooded Seal. Cystophora cristata (Erxleben). 
*2. Water Shrew. Sorex ( Neosorex) albibarbis (Cope). 
53. Smoky Shrew. Sorex fmneus Miller. 
>4. Big-tail Shrew. Sorex macrurus Batchelder. 
>5. Hoy Shrew. Sorex hoyi Baird. 
;6. Smaller Short-tail Shrew. Blarbiia parva (Say). 
>7. Naked-tail Mole. Scalops aquaticus (Linnaeus). 
>8. Hairy-tail Mole; Brewer Mole. Parascalops breweri (Bachman). 
19. Little Brown Bat. Myotis lucifugus (Le Conte). 
30. Say Bat. Myotis subulatus (Say). 
31. Georgian Bat. Pipistrellus subfiavus subfiavus (F. Cuvier). 
32. Dusky Bat. Pipistrellus subfiavus obscui'us Miller. 
Note.— Among- fossil mammals, species of the Walrus, Peccary, Horse, Elephant, Mastodon, 
and the Beaver-like Castoroides , are to be looked for. 
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*These have been found in neighboring States or waters, 
or remains of them may exist. 
Some are now extinct, but records 
Edgar A. Mearns. 
Prepared and signed at the request of the Newport Natural History Society 
by Doctor Edgar A. Mearns, U. S. A., to whom replies may be addressed, 
at Fort Adams, Newport, R. I. 
Published by order of the Council, 
AMORY AUSTIN, Secretary. A. O’D. TAYLOR, President. 
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