Frederick S. Barkalow

A Handicapped Flying Squirrel, Glaucomys volans

Ripening pecans attract several species of birds and mammals whose depredations usually result in retaliatory measures by the orchardist. A shy, unobtrusive, but no less frequent, visitor to the pecan grove is the little flying squirrel, Glaucomys volans , of whose nocturnal visits the farmer is generally unaware. Except in those instances where a few nut trees are surrounded by, or adjacent to, favorable flying squirrel habitat, damage to the crop appears to be insignificant. Pecan orchards bearing ripening fruit can provide the mam-malogist with a profitable evenings collecting during the fall of the year. …

The Seminole Bat, Lasiurus seminolus, in North Carolina

On September 28, 1916, the late C. S. Brimley captured an adult female Seminole bat, Lasiurus seminolus ( Rhoads), as it hung among the branches of a small tree in a woods near Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina. In his annotated list, “The Mammals of North Carolina” (Carolina Tips, Installment No. 5, August, 1944, Elon College, N. C.) Brimley identified the specimen as a hoary bat, Lasiurus cinereus Beauvois. A second North Carolina specimen, also an adult female, was shot by the junior author at Camp Steere, which is located near the city of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, on August 31, 1949. This …

Extension of the Known Range of Marmota monax in Alaska

During the Summer of 1951, the Arctic Aeromedical Laboratory at Ladd Air Force Base, Alaska, had in its collection of experimental animals a large woodchuck ( Marmota monax ) reported to have been captured on the base. Since the range of this species had not been reported to extend this far northward, an attempt was made to collect additional specimens for study. On July 11, 1952, personnel from …