NOTEWORTHY RECORDS OF MAMMALS FROM FANNIN COUNTY, TEXAS

摘要

Compared to other regions of the state, the eastern third of Texas has received little attention by mammalogists, and few parts of the area have yet to be systematically surveyed for mammals. Fannin County provides a case-in-point. Situated on the Red River boundary with Oklahoma, the county is located east of the most recent treatments of north-central Texas mammals (Dalquest & Horner 1984) and west of the area considered by McCarley's (1959) report on east Texas mammals. The geographic scope of Schmidly's (1983) coverage of east Texas mammals includes Fannin County, but only a single voucher specimen from the county is listed, the fox squirrel (Sciurus niger). Aside from a specimen of Peromyscus leucopus reported by StangI & Baker (1984), the authors are unaware of additional works since that time that include voucher records of mammals for the county.