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(`s 2- w- ...; a "-" . * >º #P - * i § &T * C X: . ‘J 15 ºf 1/ED O wituaw wereº." & z. wºrsity of Michº" "C; 1 .315 g. icº, “. - - Ann Arbor, Miº UNIV. of Mich. Ll BRARY NOTES ON MICHIGAN MAMMALs. By N.6A wood. Reprinted from the Fourteenth Report or the Michigan Academy of Science, 1912. A number of Michigan manumal records that deserve notice have been received at the University of Michigan Museum during the past year. Badger, Taxidea taxis (Schreber). A large badger was caught near Base Lake, Washtenaw County, on February 15, 1911, by John Hayes; another, that subsequently escaped, was taken about a mile north of Ann Arbor on December 3, 1911, by Eugene Haas, and a third was secured at Chelsea on January 20, 1912, by Mr. T. Alber. Seton (Life Histories of North American Mammals, p. 997) gives only one Michigan record for this species—our tentative Porcupine Mountain record—and his map of distribution does not include the whole state but extends through central Wisconsin south around the end of Lake Michigan and across the southern end of the lower peninsula. The species is not of rare occurrence throughout the entire state but is seldom seen on account of its nocturnal and fossorial habits. It is equally at home in the dry oak openings of the south and on the sandy plains of the north. The writer has nearly sixty actual records for the state and twelve for Washtenaw County alone. Opossum, Didelphis virginiana Kerr. An immature female opossum was captured by Eugene EHaas, Janu- ary 8, 1912, about a mile north of Ann Arbor. It was trapped under an old deserted house, on a very cold night, and the animal was dead when removed from the trap the next day. On the night of February 5, 1912, another opossum was taken at the same deserted house by Mr. Haas. These animals no doubt lived in a burrow (probably made by a woodchuck) in the old cellar. These records are the eleventh and twelfth known to the writer from this county alone, and it is no doubt just as common throughout the southern part of the lower peninsula. We have records as far north as Ottawa, Genesee, and southern Isabella Counties. Owing to its omnivorous feeding habits, prolificness, and nocturnal habits, this species holds its own and even increases with civilization. and is restricted in its northern distribution mostly by temperature. However, it is also apparently able to withstand quite low tempera- tures. The above specimens were both caught on very severe nights, the thermometer registering 6° F. on January 18 and—12° on February 5. One would expect that the species would not leave a warm home or nest on such nights. The raccoon certainly does not venture out in winter *From the University of Michigan Museum of Natural History. 164 FOURTEENTH REPORT. except when it is quite warm and it is much more hardy than the Opossum. Raccoon, Procyon lotor (Linnaeus). A pure albino raccoon was taken in Lodi Township, about eight miles southwest of Ann Arbor, on December 24, 1911, by J. Alber. It was very fat, although no doubt less than a year old, and weighed twelve pounds. This is the sixth albino of this species known to the writer from this county during the last forty years. Meadow Mouse, Microtus pennsylvanicus (Ord.) A nearly pure albino of this species, an immature male, was taken near Salem, Washtenaw County, by E. D. Walker, on December 7, 1911, and presented to the Museum. While this species is very common in this region, often doing much damage to small fruit trees as well as grass and grain crops, albinos are very rare, and the only previous record known to the writer was a perfect specimen caught by him, in July, 1875, in a low wet meadow in Lodi Township, Washtenaw County. （~~~~~Tº ..] ~~~~ ~ ~~~~*~~~~ ~~~~,~...，» ºg sae， * & . º，� -Q * ſº a º ** ź •---… ：- ！… * .….….…. *.. , ** ** : … º. º.…****** - ****- tº -------...- . i III 15 O i i | £ Q �� ! 5 « »: ‘º - 2# º 57;）; ă º: $ğ## (）> © ® 5×5×5，5‰. ！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！ ſaeae535-5，5）， :