Notes on the Mammals of Gogebic and Ontonagon Counties, Michigan, 1920: Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, Number 109Dice, Lee R. (Lee Raymond)
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Notes on the Mammals of Gogebic and Ontonagon Counties, Michigan, 1920: Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, Number 109
Mud-flat, 4.
Tall-sedge, 12.
Grassy-meadow, 8,
Arbor-vitae swamp, 1.
Sphagnum bog, 1.
Black spruce--tamarack bog, 1.
Wet hardwood forest, 2.
Dry hardwood forest, 1.
Shrub stage, 10.
Paper birch--aspen stage, 2.
Numerous in suitable habitats in the Cisco Lake Region, at Little
Girl's Point, and at Gogebic Lake. Most common in open grasses and
sedges. Five of those recorded above from the shrub stage were taken
in open shrubs and grass in the clearing around the camp house on
Lindsley Lake; and the two recorded from the paper birch--aspen stage
were taken at Cisco Lake in an open stand of old paper birch with a
forest floor of grass.
Juveniles were taken throughout the summer, but no one of seven adult
or nearly adult females examined between July 7 and September 4
contained embryos.
A captive taken July 18, after feeding ravenously on a cooky, retired
to a corner and went to sleep. The position taken in this case was a
sitting one, the animal resting on the widely spread feet as far as the
heels, and on the tail. The head was bent far over, the nose extending
between the hind legs. The long tail was curled around the body, it
resting on the ground for its whole length. The operation of cleaning
the tail was observed two days later. The animal worked from the base
of the tail toward the tip, using the fore feet to present the tail to
the mouth, where it was licked off. During the process the head was
held over on one side, nearly touching the ground.
_Napaeozapus insignis fructectanus._ Woodland Jumping Mouse.
Wet hardwood forest, 1.
Dry hardwood forest, 6.
Three were taken in the Cisco Lake Region and four in the Little Girl's
Point Region, all in heavy forest.
Neither of two adult females taken August 8 and 10 contained embryos.
_Erethizon dorsatum dorsatum._ Porcupine.
Forest--shore, 13.
Wet hardwood forest, 10.
Dry hardwood forest, 17.
Shrub stage, 5.
Paper birch--aspen stage, 10.
Overflow swamp, 5.
Edificarian, 1.
Common at all camps. Many were taken in traps set for carnivores.
Well-marked trails at the edges of lakes and streams through the
forests are evidently made mostly by these animals. It is detested by
the inhabitants of the region, chiefly for the damage done to any
woodwork which contains the least amount of salt.
Porcupines spend a considerable amount of time inside hollow linden,
yellow birch, and hemlock trees, as shown by the large piles of
droppings noted at the lower openings of numerous such hollow trees.
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